Science and Technology

Seoul, Nov 28 (EFE).- The launch of South Korea’s first reconnaissance satellite has been postponed due to bad weather, as announced Tuesday by a spokesperson for the defense ministry. The device was scheduled to be launched Thursday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Base, on the west...

Sydney, Australia, Nov 28 (EFE).- United States-based energy giant HIF Global and Australian forestry management company Forico on Tuesday announced an agreement to create Australia’s first plant to produce carbon-neutral fuels (eFuels) for vehicles from 2028. HIF Global plans to produce around 100 million liters of eFuel per year from...

Miami, Nov 18 (EFE).- SpaceX carried out Saturday the second test launch of its Starship megarocket, which took off successfully but once again exploded minutes later. Unlike during its earlier launch in April, Starship – the largest and most powerful rocket to reach space – also managed to successfully achieve...

New York City, Nov 17 (EFE).- Technology giant Apple is the latest major company to halt advertising on X after owner Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic post, Axios reported Friday. The Apple logo on an Apple store front in Berkeley, California, USA, 23 May 2023. EFE-EPA FILE/JOHN G. MABANGLO Companies...

Sydney, Australia, Nov 16 (EFE).- Australia will launch a six-month pilot program with Microsoft to explore the «safe and responsible use» of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector, the country’s prime minister said Thursday. Anthony Albanese made the announcement after a meeting with Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella on...

Beijing, Nov 14 (EFE).- Chinese scientists have successfully utilized an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered robot to automatically synthesize optimal catalysts for oxygen production on Mars. The robot utilized five different Martian meteorites to synthesize and optimize catalysts intended for the oxygen evolution reactions on Mars, according to an article published by...

Miami, US, Nov 9 (EFE).- NASA and aerospace company SpaceX launched the 29th resupply services mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft onboard on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...

Beijing, Oct 31 (EFE).- The three astronauts of the Shenzhou-16 mission, the first to stay aboard the Chinese space station Tiangong since its completion, returned safely to the Dongfeng landing site in the Gobi Desert, in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-16...

Tokyo, Oct 30 (EFE).- The G7 countries on Monday agreed on a code of conduct for companies and institutions that develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems, aimed at mitigating risks derived from this technology such as disinformation and the violation of privacy or intellectual property. The leaders of the Group of...

Moscow, Oct 27 (EFE).- The Russian Aerospace Forces put multiple military satellites into orbit on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. A statement by the ministry said that on Oct. 27, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome for military purposes. The Plesetsk Cosmodrome, located in the northwest of...

Beijing, Oct 26 (EFE).- China’s Shenzhou-17 spacecraft lifted off aboard a Long March 2F rocket on Thursday carrying three astronauts to the Chinese Tiangong space station. A Shenzhou-17 manned spaceflight mission astronauts commander Tang Hongbo (R), Tang Shengjie (C), and Jiang Xinlin (L) wave during the see-off ceremony before the...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (EFE).- India successfully carried the first test flight of its Gaganyaan space mission Saturday, with which the country intends to send its first manned mission to space in 2024, and which served to test the escape system astronauts would use in case of emergency. «We are...