Mission to probe smashed asteroid launches despite hurricane MIAMI: Europe’s Hera probe successfully launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA... Published 08 Oct, 2024 07:04am
Print Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space after two-year hiatus WASHINGTON: Blue Origin flew adventurers to the final frontier on Sunday for the first time in nearly two years,... Updated 20 May, 2024 08:39am
World First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras WASHINGTON: The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth on Friday, triggering spectacular... Published 11 May, 2024 11:53am
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World NASA launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche WASHINGTON: NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several... Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am
World Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe WASHINGTON: After a seven-year wait, NASA scientists on Tuesday finally pried open a space probe carrying the... Published 27 Sep, 2023 12:35pm
World UN chief warns Earth in ‘era of global boiling’ UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying... Published 27 Jul, 2023 08:26pm
Technology With a gulp and burp, a bloated star swallows a Jupiter-sized planet WASHINGTON: In a glimpse of the dismal fate awaiting Earth, scientists for the first time have observed a star,... Published 04 May, 2023 01:44pm
Print UN reports ‘off the charts’ melting of glaciers Geneva, Switzerland: The world’s glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost... Updated 22 Apr, 2023 09:24am
Editorials Nuclear fusion breakthrough EDITORIAL: How to insulate planet Earth against rising temperatures that pose a serious threat to life on it. How to... Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am
World NASA’s Orion capsule returns to Earth, capping Artemis I flight around moon NEW YORK: NASA’s Orion capsule barreled through Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific ocean on... Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am
World ‘Beaver blood moon’ offers world’s last total lunar eclipse until 2025 Nighttime skywatchers from East Asia to North America will be treated to the rare spectacle of a “Beaver blood moon”... Published 08 Nov, 2022 02:49pm
Technology Space mission shows Earth’s water may be from asteroids: study TOKYO: Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said... Published 16 Aug, 2022 11:40am
Print Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth WASHINGTON: A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide... Published 01 Aug, 2022 05:54am
Technology Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth WASHINGTON: A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide... Published 31 Jul, 2022 09:55am
Technology Asteroid samples contain ‘clues to origin of life’: Japan scientists TOKYO: Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building... Published 10 Jun, 2022 10:40am
PIA privatisation: Blue World City refuses to match PC’s ‘minimum expectation’ of Rs85.03bn, sticks to Rs10bn offer
PIA privatisation: Blue World City refuses to match PC’s ‘minimum expectation’ of Rs85.03bn, sticks to Rs10bn offer