Sarwat Nasir

4 days ago | thenationalnews.com | Sarwat Nasir

Nasa has been left without a confirmed administrator after the White House unexpectedly withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead the agency. Mr Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur, pilot and commercial astronaut, was nominated by US President Donald Trump in December. The withdrawal comes as Nasa deals with a shrinking budget and pressure to deliver on its Artemis Moon programme and other deep-space goals. President Trump has not yet put forward a new nominee.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Sarwat Nasir

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the two most distant galaxies observed, giving them a glimpse of what the universe looked like only 300 million years after the Big Bang. Named JADES-GS-z14-0 and JADES-GS-z14-1, the galaxies were identified by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES).

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Sarwat Nasir

The latest class of graduates from the world’s first dedicated artificial intelligence university have proudly completed their studies. More than 100 students graduated from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday during a ceremony in Abu Dhabi. They hail from 24 countries, and include 91 master’s degree and 12 PhD students, with 20 Emiratis among them.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Sarwat Nasir

SpaceX is to carry out the ninth test flight of its deep-space rocket Starship early on Wednesday, as it aims to keep its bold ambitions to journey to Mars on course. The launch in Texas follows failed attempts to recover the Starship spacecraft during test flights seven and eight, which set back SpaceX’s development of the 121-metre rocket.

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Sarwat Nasir

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in 2022 carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a commercial mission managed by Axiom Space at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP