THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLANNING: Continuing to strengthen our natural environment – new guardianship deeds with eNGOs
Collaborations with non-governmental environmental organisations (eNGOs) further enhance the ongoing investment in our natural areas, including Natura2000 sites, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia said. The Minist…
Africa’s First Youth Games Bring Hopes for Continent’s First Olympics
For decades, African athletes have traveled all over the world to take part in the Olympic Games. At the recent Tokyo Games, they took home gold, silver and bronze medals. And yet Africa has never hosted the Games, and some people are asking what it wo…
2 Spacecraft to Fly by, Use Venus’ Gravity to Steer
BERLIN – Two spacecraft are set to swoop past Venus within hours of each other this week, using the maneuver to do a little bit of bonus science on the way to their main missions at the center of our solar system. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter probe, a cooperation with NASA, will swing around Venus early Monday, using the planet’s gravity to help put it on a course to observe the Sun’s poles. About 33 hours later, the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo will get even closer to Venus in a maneuver designed to help it slow down sharply and