2 h. ago NASA sets historic date for returning Americans to the moon after 53 years

NASA has revealed that America's return to the moon will take place in less than a month.

Technology

8 h. ago Macclesfield FA Cup star Sam Heathcote gets hero’s welcome as he returns to teaching job

Macclesfield FC player Sam Heathcote received a hero’s welcome upon his return to his teaching job following the club’s historic FA Cup win against Crystal Palace.

Society

9 h. ago 21Shares BOLD ETP Debuts On London Stock Exchange With 122.5% Historic Return

21Shares BOLD ETP Debuts On London Stock Exchange With 122.5% Historic Return  Yellow.com

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11 h. ago See the Northern Lights in the next two months or risk missing them for 11 years

We've been spoiled with aurora sightings over the last year or so but, according to NASA, that is set to change.

Events

8 d. ago Historic Greater Manchester pub confirms return of popular festival and supersize £65 pies

The Salford boozer is bringing back its pie festival for its fourth year this January

Economics

1 week ago Donald Trump wants the US back on the moon before his term ends. Can it happen?

After losing a year to havoc and job-slashing at Nasa, the pressure is on billionaire administrator Jared IsaacmanWith astronauts set to fly around the moon for the first time in more than half a century when Artemis 2 makes its long-awaited ascent sometime this spring, 2026 was already destined to become a standout year in space.It is also likely to be one of the most pivotal, with new leadership at Nasa in billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, and the tycoon-led private space industry assuming more than a mere supporting role to help win for the US its race with China back to the lunar surface. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tiger Woods turns 50: History making career, Elvis comparison and return story

Tiger Woods turns 50 with the golfing icon proving to be one of the most influential and successful sports people in history - with his story still far from being written

Politics

2 w. ago The Guardian view on the new space race: humanity risks exporting its old politics to the moon | Editorial

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look skyward, where a new lunar contest mirrors humanity’s struggle to live within planetary limitsDuring the cold war’s space race, the Apollo moon missions were driven by the need to prove American superiority. Having made that political and technological point with the 1969 moon landing, the contest between Moscow and Washington petered out. A new dash across the skies kicks off in 2026, reigniting geopolitical competition under the guise of “peaceful exploration”. The moon’s south pole is emerging as the most valuable real estate in the solar system, offering “peaks of eternal light” for solar arrays and ice deposits in craters shielded from the sun.The US and a China-led bloc are eyeing the lunar surface and its potential to control a post-terrestrial economy. Space had been humanity’s last commons, supposedly shielded by the 1967 UN outer space treaty that bans state ...

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