Triggering excitement among space buffs and especially lunar fans, one of the last Apollo-era lunar samples from the Apollo 17 mission was opened recently,
Washington: The Apollo missions to the Moon brought a total of 2,196 rock samples to Earth. But Nasa has only just started opening one of the last ones, collected 50 years ago.For.
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A rare celestial event will be visible to the naked eye in the UAE and around the world on Monday – the appearance of a Christmas Star.
The phenomenon is caused by the near alignment of planets Saturn and Jupiter and has not appeared in the night skies for nearly 800 years. The next such event will be in 2080.
Sky gazers in the UAE will have two hours on December 21 to spot the Christmas Star, said Dubai Astronomy Group. It will appear from sunset (5.40pm) until 7.49pm.
In the nativity story, the Christmas Star, also known as the Star of Bethlehem, led three wise men to the infant Jesus