2016: Editor’s choice
Extracts from selected news and feature articles published this year. Read more
Extracts from selected news and feature articles published this year. Read more
The United Arab Emirates yesterday announced its plan to create the country’s space agency and to send its first unmanned exploration probe to Mars by 2021. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president of UAE and monarch of Dubai, said that the country has already raised 20 billion dirham (~US$5.44 billion) for the agency, which will be responsible for all of space exploration activities in the country as well as developing the technologies needed. Read more
A young Kuwait scientist has launched a campaign in the Middle East to give people a chance to name an asteroid, hoping it would reignite Arab’s passion with science and space. Read more
Hasan El-Hariri has been fascinated by space for all his life. He bought his first telescope when he was 16 and, after using it to look at the moon, he was hooked on astronomy. This love drove him to start the Dubai Astronomy Group in 1993 and, since then, it has grown from a handful of people to some 3,000 members. Now, El-Hariri dreams of inspiring young children to look at the sky and find that same fascination that drove his whole life. Read more
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