Space

Egypt has revealed details of the launch of the MisrSat 2 satellite from China in October, at a cost of $74 million. The satellite’s mission is to take images of Egyptian soil to preserve the environment, as well as to undertake remote…

China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, which would be another advance in what’s increasingly seen as a new space race. The US aims to put astronauts back on the lunar surface by the end of 2025. Deputy Director of the…

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a band of radiation surrounding an object outside our solar system. A belt of energetic electrons encircles a Jupiter-sized body about 18 light-years from Earth, astronomers report May 15 in…