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Deep space voyages to ‘seek out new life’ could be made possible by new rocket thruster | Science & Tech News
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A new rocket thruster could enable “never-ending” voyages into deep space by using any type of metal as fuel. A team at the University of Southampton is testing a new propulsion system which would allow metals found on comets and moons to be harvested in order to propel a spacecraft indefinitely. Most current rocket propulsion…
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Pembrokeshire army barracks to house deep space radar to help protect the UK | UK News
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An army barracks in Pembrokeshire is set to be redeveloped as the home of a deep space radar programme, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The government says the space monitoring initiative would secure long-term jobs at Cawdor Barracks. Objects in deep space – up to around 36,000km away from Earth – will be detected,…
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AUKUS: UK strikes deal with US and Australia to monitor deep space with high-powered radar | UK News
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The UK, US and Australia have announced a plan to track and identify objects in deep space using high-powered radars. Under the AUKUS security pact, a network of three radars will be set up in the UK, US and Australia to protect satellites and assist with space traffic. Once the radars are fully operational by…
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Plans for deep sea mining gains momentum despite no permission from international authority | Climate News
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A company has said it intends to start mining minerals from the deep sea bed despite an international meeting failing to grant permission. Parts of the ocean floor are rich in so called “poly-metallic nodules” containing elements like nickel and copper, which are essential to green tech and renewable energy. Canadian firm The Metals Company…
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Who is Linda Yaccarino? The new Twitter chief executive with deep ties in the advertising industry | Science & Tech News
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In a few short weeks, Elon Musk will hand over the helm of Twitter to Linda Yaccarino. But who exactly is the new chief executive, and how does she fit into Musk’s vision of “the everything app”? Musk, who brought Twitter in October and has been running it since, has long insisted that he would…
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Fibre broadband player Gigaclear digs deep in hunt for new funding | Business News
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Gigaclear, the fibre broadband network provider, is plotting to raise hundreds of millions of pounds of further funding amid an industry-wide race to modernise Britain’s communications infrastructure. Sky News has learnt that Gigaclear is working with bankers at Rothschild to raise between £200m and £300m of additional capital for its rollout. The capital-raise, which could…