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2030 moon mission: China’s Shenzhou-18 mission docks with space station, Xinhua reports
By Michael Zhang A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China’s Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing’s space programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030. The crew took off in a capsule atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite […]
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Spotlight on Comares
IN the heart of the Axarquía region in the province of Málaga stands the picturesque town of Comares, a place steeped in history and natural beauty. Perched at an altitude of 703 metres above sea level, this charming town has a population of approximately 1,420 residents, who are known locally as ‘Moriscosos’ (Moriscans: people descendant […]
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GDEM: Mission of Gravity
If space is infused with ‘dark energy,’ as seems to be the case, we have an explanation for the continuing acceleration of the universe’s expansion. Or to speak more accurately, we have a value we can plug into the universe to make this acceleration happen. Exactly what causes that value remains up for grabs, and indeed frustrates current cosmology, for something close to 70 percent of the total mass-energy of the universe needs to be comprised of dark energy to make all this work. Add on the...