SCIENCE

While the astronomers offered what they think is the most likely explanation for the explosion, they emphasised that more research was needed to understand the puzzling phenomenon.

Sultan Al Neyadi is expected to make the historic seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday.

Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and will be joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot.

The Crew 6 mission also was notable for its inclusion of UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, 41, the second person from his country to fly to space and the first to launch from U.S. soil as part of a long-duration space station team.

The Crew-6 is expected to reach the ISS 24 hours after the Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre on Thursday.

The Crew 6 mission is also notable for its inclusion of UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, 41, only the second person from his country to fly to space and the first to launch from U.S. soil as part of a long-duration space station team.

The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a long-term NASA effort to demonstrate more efficient methods of propelling astronauts to Mars in the future, the space agency's chief said on Tuesday.

Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi's mission to the International Space Station has been scheduled on Feb. 26.

About two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are being removed from the atmosphere every year, according to a report published on Thursday, but nearly all of it is accomplished through forests, despite growing investments in new technologies.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday will announce that scientists at a national lab have made a breakthrough on fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars that one day could provide a cheap source of electricity, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.

The new planet named Wasp-39b is located almost 700 light-years away from Earth

EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said the agreement sent a strong signal to industry and consumers.

The deal will give selected manufacturers the opportunity to develop, manufacture and supply generic versions of nilotini.

In biodiversity-rich regions such as Latin America and the Caribbean, the figure for animal population loss is as high as 94 percent.