First journey around moon with astronauts in more than 50 years could blast off in February Nasa’s giant new moon rocket has moved to the launch pad in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The trip could blast off in February. Continue reading...

Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude Dark, hungry and inescapable: black holes are often portrayed as the ultimate cosmic villains. But now astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for the first time, in observations that could help reveal another side to these elusive – and perhaps misunderstood – space objects. Continue reading...

In historic speech to mark UN’s 80th anniversary, secretary general makes impassioned plea for multilateralism and international law amid drastic US funding cuts

Les cumuls de pluie pourront être « très conséquents », jusqu’à 150 millimètres localement en plaine et 220 millimètres sur les reliefs. C’est l’équivalent de deux à trois fois ce qu’il tombe normalement en un mois, selon Météo-France.

Artemis II mission could launch on 6 February, sending astronauts on a 685,000-mile journey Nasa is preparing to roll out its most powerful rocket yet before a mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again for the first time in more than 50 years. The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as 6 February, taking its crew on a 685,000-mile round trip that will end about 10 days later with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading...