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Milky Way core may harbour thousands of black holes: study

by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Astrophysicists have detected a dozen black holes at the…

NASA hires Lockheed Martin to build quiet, supersonic plane

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA has inked a deal with Lockheed Martin to develop a supersonic "X-plane" that could…

SpaceX launches cargo to space station using recycled rocket, spaceship

TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX blasted off a load of supplies Monday for the International Space Station aboard a…

China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the moon

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing's ambitious…

Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over Pacific

  by Laurent Thomet © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A defunct Chinese space lab plunged through Earth's atmosphere Monday,…

China says Earth-bound spacelab to offer ‘splendid’ show

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely…

Leaked Facebook memo questions cost of growth

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook troubles worsened late Thursday with the leak of a two-year-old memo from a…

Astronomers find the ‘impossible’: a galaxy without dark matter

by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Stupefied astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the first and only known…

Facebook overhauls privacy settings amid data breach outcry

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Facebook on Wednesday launched a fresh effort to quell the firestorm over the hijacking of…

NASA pushes back giant space telescope launch to 2020

by Fanny Andre Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The launch of NASA's next giant space telescope has…

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