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King’s first female astronomy guru believes aliens exist somewhere in the Solar System
The King’s first female astronomy adviser says she believes aliens are living somewhere in the Solar System - and is on board the Daily Star’s mission to find them. Professor Michele Dougherty is the first woman to become the UK’s Astronomer Royal...

Map Shows Countries Where Christians No Longer in Majority
New data from Pew Research Center shows a decline in the number of countries where Christians are in a majority between 2010 and 2020. While most countries still have Christian majorities—with more than half the people in those countries...

Arianespace to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites and CNES’s MicroCarb satellite on July 25 from French Guiana
On Friday July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time (02:03 a.m. UTC, 04:03 a.m. CEST, on July 26th, 2025), Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite. This mission, called “VV27”...

Investing in Space: The market’s taking off
Digital generated image of a futuristic financial dashboard with holographic displays of various stock market graphs and data visualizations. The scene includes detailed graphs with line and bar charts, real-time data feeds, and transparent...

UG’s Architecture Dept wins again at competition in French Guiana
French Ambassador to Guyana and Suriname Nicholas de Lacoste (third, right) poses with from left: students Kiana Persaud, Aditya Mohanall, and Denish Ramnarin; Head of UG’s Architecture Department Dr Anna Perreira and lecturer Kurt Gonsalves The...

UG’s Architecture Department cops first place at Fifth Int’l Lekol Architectural Competition in French Guiana
– ‘win signals the expertise the department possesses and the calibre of students in the programme’, dep’t head says THE University of Guyana’s Architecture Department in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) has once again copped the...

Sranan Gold
Investor Insight Sranan Gold offers early-stage exposure to a high-impact gold discovery in Suriname’s Guiana Shield, one of the world’s most underexplored gold belts. Backed by the same technical team behind some of the region’s largest gold...
Vega-C Launches O3D Constellation into Sun Synchronous Orbit for 3D Earth Map
Vega-C successfully launched four O3D (Constellation Optique 3D) satellites into sun synchronous orbit on Friday, 25 July from the European Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana. The dual-use CO3D satellites will deliver a global high-resolution...

Hydrogen economy decoded: From colour codes to key players
This selective ‘dictionary’ aims to decode the terminology, technologies, and key players shaping the hydrogen economy. With this knowledge, you will be better equipped to engage with, invest in, or build on the future of hydrogen. With its...

MicroCarb (2). Mission to monitor and map atmospheric carbon dioxide launched
The scientific mission MicroCarb, led by the French space Agency CNES, was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. MicroCarb is a joint mission between the UK Space Agency and French Space Agency, Centre National...

Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life
As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures. Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

MicroCarb launched
The scientific mission, MicroCarb, led by the French space Agency CNES, was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. MicroCarb is a joint mission between the UK Space Agency and French Space Agency, Centre National...
At The Movies: “Jurassic” “Jaws”
Big Dinosaurs. Big Pharma. These disparate topics might not seem to have links across the epochs. They do in “Jurassic World: Rebirth.” Big Dinosaurs, a type of reptile that first appeared during the Triassic period 243 million to 233 million...

Statement of the Forty-second meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
The Forty-second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 18 June 2025 with committee members and advisers...

Airbus satellite launches with Irish navigation tech
In a recent test, NASA utilised an AI payload developed by Ubotica to show that the tech can help orbiting spacecraft provide better data. Airbus’ latest generation (Constellation Optique 3D) CO3D satellites are set to launch today (25 July)...

Arianespace readies for Vega-C launch of CO3D + MicroCarb misson on Friday to map Earth in 3D + find sinks of carbon dioxide
Vega-C is scheduled to launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 23:03 local time on July 25, (03:03 BST/04:03 CEST on 26 July), Friday, July 25th, 7:03 PM PDT. Flight VV27 will be operated by Arianespace and launch Airbus’s four CO3D...

How space centre can inspire young minds to look up more
How space centre can inspire young minds to look up more Published on: Sunday, July 27, 2025 Published on: Sun, Jul 27, 2025 By: Audrey J Ansibin Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Plenty Out There members setting up a telescope for one of their stargazing...

European Vega C rocket launches CO2-mapping satellite, 4 Earth-observation spacecraft to orbit (video)
A carbon dioxide-mapping satellite and four Earth-observation spacecraft launched successfully tonight (July 25) from South America. A Vega C rocket, operated by the French company Arianespace, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French...

Why The US Launches Spaceships From Both Florida And California
For decades, space travel has endured as one of humanity's most remarkable achievements. To launch a shuttle, be it full of human beings or without life of any kind, into space for observation, exploration, or any other purpose, is a concept only...