US lunar landing a ‘historic achievement’, says Biden
Washington, US - President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed the landing of a US spacecraft on the Moon as a historic...
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World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
Clark, Philippines - NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in...
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Euclid to probe universe’s big mysteries: dark matter, dark energy
In a few months the space telescope will blast off on history's first mission to search for two of the...
- Aiming to shed light on these dark secrets, the mission will chart a 3D map of the universe encompassing two billion galaxies across more than a third of the sky.
- The third dimension of this map will be time -- because Euclid's gaze will stretch out to 10 billion light years away, it will offer new insight into how the universe evolved.
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Barakah’s Unit 3 enhances UAE’s bid to cut emissions
"We utilise all forms of clean energy to cut carbon emissions and mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. The...
- The start of commercial operations for Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant marks another accomplishment in generating abundant clean electricity to the national grid
- The plant will also prevent millions of tons of carbon emissions annually, said Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, the UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and Environment
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Rayyana Barnawi first ever Saudi woman to join space mission
Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi male astronaut Ali Al-Qarni on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) "during...
- The astronauts "will join the crew of the AX-2 space mission" and the space flight will "launch from the USA".
- In 1985, Saudi royal Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, an airforce pilot, took part in a US-organized space mission, becoming the first Arab Muslim to travel into space.
SpaceX test-fires engines of massive Starship rocket booster
Giant sheets of orange flames erupted from the base of the rocket and clouds of smoke billowed into the air...
- The test of the 33 Raptor engines on the first-stage booster of SpaceX's Starship took place at the private space company's base in Texas
- SpaceX founder Elon Musk said one engine was turned off just before the test began and one stopped itself
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Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi issues marine water quality policy
ABU DHABI, Â UAE - The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has issued a policy on sustaining marine water quality...
- The policy is part of EAD's efforts to maintain and sustain Abu Dhabi's marine waters and limit practices that can cause marine pollution.
- The policy aims to develop relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks and halt discharges that may have adverse impacts on the marine environment
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DEWA cleans beach, plants mangrove as  part of 26th National Environment Day
DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) participated in a campaign to clean the beach and plant mangroves...
- DEWA organized virtual environmental lectures in Arabic and English, in cooperation with Dubai Municipality.
- More than 250 DEWA employees and their families participated in the event.
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Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm
The monarch was added last year to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species.
- Volunteers counted more than 330,000 "western monarch" butterflies at the end of November, according to the Xerces Society conservation group.
- That number came as a relief compared to the 2,000 butterflies counted at the end of 2020, and an encouraging step up from the 250,000 or so butterflies tallied in 2021.
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DEWA begins receiving research papers for MENA Solar Conference
Dubai, UAE--Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has started receiving requests from researchers and scientists to submit their research papers...
- Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said that the conference is the first scientific and technical conference of its kind in the region
- He said the conference will be held in conjunction with the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) and the Dubai Solar Show (DSS) 2023
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Europe looks to geothermal energy as gas alternative
MUNICH, GERMANY - The heating plant in Munich's southern Sendling neighborhood has been run for more than a century on gas,...
- Munich is pouring in US$1.1 billion through 2035 to develop the geothermal energy and make the city's heating carbon neutral.
- Reliable and sustainable geothermal energy seems like the perfect alternative to gas.
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UAE creates a sustainable ecosystem to further enhance understanding of space, says astronaut
He was speaking at an event hosted by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, where the details of the second crewed...
- The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre has revealed details of the second crewed mission of the UAE Astronaut Programme to the International Space Station
- Sultan AlNeyadi is the prime astronaut while Hazzaa AlMansoori is a backup crew of the mission scheduled for launch on February 26
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Largest asteroid samples brought to Earth
Scientists hope the samples will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became...
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World must understand AI, curb its risk, says UK Deputy PM
NEW YORK, US - The United Kingdom will be holding a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) so that nations can...
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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince attends reception for astronaut Al Neyadi
Abu Dhabi, UAE - Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan attended a reception for...
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UAE spending in space sector surges by 6.6%: survey
Dubai, UAE - The total spending in the UAE's space sector witnessed a 6.61 percent increase compared to the previous...
- The survey highlighted a 14.8 percent rise in research and development (R&D) spending
- It also revealed an 83.6 percent increase in scientific publications related to the space sector
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‘Missing ingredient’ for pink diamonds found
Paris, France -- Scientists said on Tuesday they have found the "missing ingredient" for pink diamonds, some of the world's most...
- More than 90 percent of all the pink diamonds ever found were discovered at the recently closed Argyle mine in the remote northwest of Australia.
- By measuring the age of elements in the crystals, the researchers determined that Argyle was 1.3bn years old -- meaning the diamonds came up 100m years later than thought.
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UAE celebrates astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi’s homecoming
The UAE president and the ruler of Dubai spent time in conversation with Al Neyadi – accompanied by his father...
- Sheikh Mohamed and Mohammed bin Rashid greeted Al Neyadi upon his arrival at the new Abu Dhabi International Airport following a flight from the US
- Sultan Al Neyadi presented the President with a UAE flag that had accompanied him throughout his 186-day mission to the International Space Station