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NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket lifting off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, last week. Watching the event live on television was a nerve-jangling experience for our columnist

Jonny McCambridge: Artemis launch reminds us to reach for the stars

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Editorial: Artemis moon mission is evidence of human ingenuity

NASA's Artemis II moon rocket on Launch Pad 39-B just before sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center

Artemis 2 launch: NASA rocket lifts off as LEGO set trends

The LEGO Artemis Space Launch System set recreates NASA’s next-generation Moon rocket, complete with launch tower and Orion capsule

Artemis II countdown drives demand for LEGO NASA rocket set

When autumn equinox 2025 will occur and date and time clocks will go back.

When autumn equinox 2025 will occur and date clocks will change

Harvard University Astrophysicist, professor Avi Loeb has claimed the object named 3I/Atlas, which was first spotted on 1 July by the Atlas telescope in Chile, may be an alien probe on a mission

Jackie McGregor: Final frontier as the aliens are on their way?

Co Down-based insulation manufacturer and installer energystore has launched a new ‘UK first’ product which uses NASA technology. Pictured is Connor McCandless, managing director at energystore

NI manufacturer launches 'UK first NASA technology insulation'

Top tips to view rare celestial alignment every night in January

These boots were made for…..stomping through snow, but not looking cool!

Retro: Moon Boots, the 1980s chunky footwear

Undated handout issued by Queen's University Belfast of an artist's impression of an orbiting star crashing through the accretion disc around a supermassive black hole and causing a burst of X-rays, with (inset) detection of X-rays (purple) with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, overlaid on a visible light image of the host galaxy

Cosmic discovery led by Queen's University solves black hole mystery

Dr Cady Coleman at AOP

NASA astronaut Cady Coleman inspires students at Armagh Observatory & Planetariu...

An esteemed former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut touched down in Newry as part of a special visit to commercial testing facility, Resonate Testing. Pictured is Conor Barry, Resonate Testing, Jonathan McGilly, Newry and Mourne District Council, Tom Mallon, managing director at Resonate Testing, James Applegate, US Consulate General NI, Catherine ‘Cady’ Coleman, former NASA astronaut, Sandra Craig, Spirit Aerospace, Ruth Costello, Thales, Orla O’Donnell, Resonate Testing, Robert Hill, NI SPACE, Ian Stewart, Resonate Testing and Michael Hudson, foreground, Resonate Testing

Esteemed former NASA astronaut touches down at NI commercial testing firm

A tractor makes its way through flood water in Canal Quay in Newry Town, Co Down, which has been swamped by floodwater as the city's canal burst its banks amid heavy rainfall: Wednesday November 1, 2023

Big rise in number of insurance claims from flooded Northern Irish farms

Landmark £9million Northern Ireland site launched by Renovare Fuels

Landmark £9million biofuel plant to open in NI by firm working with NASA

Piattelli Wine Resort. Argentina

Travel: A road trip through amazing Argentina

Nasa rover discovers evidence of life in the Jezero crater on Mars
A new study has revealed that Nasa’s Perseverance rover has discovered more signs of life on Mars
Beth Franklin

Breaking Nasa holds first public meeting about UFO sightings

The Flower Moon of May 2020 (which was also a ‘supermoon’) rising above the village of Brixworth (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

When is the Flower Moon in May 2023?

A defunct satellite weighing 660 pounds is expected to crash back to Earth in the early hours of Thursday. Picture by NASA

660-pound old satellite to crash back to Earth

Black hole 30 billion times the mass of the sun pictured

Two Unit Telescopes VLT by ESO José Francisco Salgado josefrancisco.org

Armagh Observatory and Planetarium take part in world-leading asteroid research

This is the spacesuit the first astronaut back on the Moon will wear

Nasa reveal new spacesuit the first astronaut back on Moon will wear

The quickest way to defrost windscreens according to ex-NASA engineer

NASA discover new asteroid similar in size to Rome’s Colosseum

Near miss: NASA says Earth set for ‘close encounter’ with asteroid

Retailing at around £40, the Peace Lily is a little pricey but may prove a worthy investment for many during the cost of living crisis.

This £40 plant will rid your home of mould and dust, according to NASA

For the first time in 50,000 years, a green comet is expected to pass by Earth’s outer space that might just be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye.

Rare green comet to pass by Earth’s outer space
NASA said the bright green comet may just be visible to the naked eye when it comes closest to Earth.
Rahmah Ghazali

An image of newly discovered TOI 700 e Earth-sized planet

Nasa finds two new Earth-sized planets in ‘habitable zone’

Orion sends image of Moon and the Earth to celebrate halfway point

Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16

NASA successfully launch unmanned Aretmis One rocket

The Hubble telescope sits in low-earth orbit (image: Getty Images)

NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures supernova happening in early universe

Dorset was battered by thunderstorms and a band of heavy rain overnight on the weekend.

Rare footage shows thunderbolt hit sea off the English coast

Things are looking up for stargazers this week as the Draconid meteor shower is set to peak

When does Draconid meteor shower peak and how to watch

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact (Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

NASA DART mission: why was a spacecraft flown into an asteroid

NASA to crash aircraft into asteroid in Earth defence test

Jupiter will reach opposition this week making its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years

How to see Jupiter’s closest approach to earth in 59 years

Rev Dr Norman Hamilton OBE

‘A voice in my head told me to knock someone’s door... and I found them collapse...

James Webb Space Telescope at Northrop Grumman facility, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles

Super Telescope: Mission To The Edge Of The Universe

Prof. Brian Cox in a space suit in the desert

Brian Cox witnesses ‘Seven Days on Mars’

NASA scientist creates chilling video to get Brits to clean up their laundry hab...

Humanity’s last glimpse of the James Webb Space Telescope as it heads into deep space on Boxing Day; this image was captured by a camera on board the rocket from which the telescope separated

Atheists object to religious faith and ridicule it – but they cannot refute it

The Hubble Telescope has been in space for more than 30 years (Photo: NASA via Getty Images)

How to see the photo the Hubble Space Telescope took on your birthday

Santa’s sleigh will be visible in the sky on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to see Santa flying through the sky this Christmas Eve

An artist’s impression of the Dart spacecraft (Image: NASA)

Nasa launches spacecraft in first ever mission to smash into and deflect asteroi...

The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2021 (Shutterstock)

QUIZ: Can you guess the Cambridge words of the year based on their dictionary de...

4660 Nereus is set to come within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)

Will an asteroid hit earth in December - and should you be worried?

Brian Cox above the forests of Madeira

Brian Cox takes us on a trip to the Universe

Stargazers in the UK will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the Draconid Meteor Shower (image: Shutterstock)

Draconid Meteor Shower to peak this weekend - how to see it from the UK

Sean Lock's best jokes: 10 of the funniest lines from the 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown comedian
(Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images)

Sean Lock's best jokes: 10 of the funniest lines from the 8 Out of 10 Cats Does ...

The Perseids happen when Earth hits a wide belt of debris left behind by the comet Tuttle-Swift (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about the Perseid meteor shower 2021 happening now -...

Strawberry moon 2021: when to see the June supermoon from UK this week - and wha...

Scientists hope the mission will help them learn more about the planet. (Photo: SDO/NASA via Getty Images)

NASA plans two missions to Venus for first time in decades

Icebergs in Harlequin Lake, Alaska

International research study shows glacier retreat has grown

This is when the New Moon takes place in March and what it means as it passes th...

A 'stadium-sized' asteroid is heading for Earth - but there’s no need to panic (Photo: Shutterstock)

A 'stadium-sized' asteroid is heading for Earth - but there’s no need to panic

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