https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain’s Intraplanetary Space Agency is offering wannabe astronauts the opportunity of experiencing life on Mars, without even leaving earth. https://www.thelocal.es/20190904/experience-life-on-mars-in-a-cave-in-northern-spain-for-6000 Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:12:40 +0200 experience-life-on-mars-in-a-cave-in-northern-spain-for-6000 Look up to the night skies as this year’s Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. Here’s everything you need to know for a night of stargazing in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/stargazing-when-and-where-to-see-the-perseid-meteor-shower-in-spain Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:36:53 +0200 stargazing-when-and-where-to-see-the-perseid-meteor-shower-in-spain Astronomers have identified a new solar system with a planet that could be habitable, a Spanish astrophysicist who led the research said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190802/spanish-team-discover-a-new-solar-system-and-a-planet-that-could Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:21:42 +0200 spanish-team-discover-a-new-solar-system-and-a-planet-that-could Look up to the night skies as this year’s Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. Here’s everything you need to know for a night of stargazing in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20170808/stargazers Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:28:28 +0200 stargazers Look up to the night skies as this year’s Perseid meteor shower promises to be spectacular. Here’s everything you need to know for a night of stargazing in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160810/meteor-shower-in-spain-perseids Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:46:53 +0200 meteor-shower-in-spain-perseids Stargazers will be spoilt for choice this summer, as Spain’s skies light up with five planets, two eclipses and the famous Perseid meteor shower. https://www.thelocal.es/20160620/spain-to-be-summer-stargazing-hotspot Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:34:05 +0200 spain-to-be-summer-stargazing-hotspot One of the most important meteor showers of the year will be visible throughout Spain this week... no telescope needed! https://www.thelocal.es/20160504/rare-meteor-shower-to-dazzle-spain-skies-eta-aquarid Wed, 04 May 2016 14:18:56 +0200 rare-meteor-shower-to-dazzle-spain-skies-eta-aquarid A woman whose dream of going into space turned into a nightmare when she was left permanently disabled has launched a petition calling for the organizers of the space competition to "assume responsibility" for her accident. https://www.thelocal.es/20160420/wannabe-astronaut-blinded-in-ibiza-apollo-jump-yaiza-spain Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:08:39 +0200 wannabe-astronaut-blinded-in-ibiza-apollo-jump-yaiza-spain A super telescope that was going to be built on one of Hawaii’s tallest and most sacred mountains could end up in Spain after a series of protests by Hawaiians against the construction. https://www.thelocal.es/20160408/wrath-of-gods-could-force-us-to-move-super-telescope-from-hawaii-to-spain Fri, 08 Apr 2016 14:30:40 +0200 wrath-of-gods-could-force-us-to-move-super-telescope-from-hawaii-to-spain A fireball that shone ten times brighter than the moon was spotted at 4.26am on Thursday and captured on video from La Hita Observatory in Toledo. https://www.thelocal.es/20160401/giant-fireball-lights-up-the-night-sky-over-spain Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:33:45 +0200 giant-fireball-lights-up-the-night-sky-over-spain Observatories recorded brilliant footage of two different meteors plummeting towards Spain at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.es/20160223/ball-of-fire-flying-across-sky-wows-spain Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:28:03 +0100 ball-of-fire-flying-across-sky-wows-spain A Spanish team was involved in the major breakthrough announced this week that confirmed Albert Einstein’s theories from 100 years ago in a way not even he thought was possible. https://www.thelocal.es/20160212/meet-the-spaniards-who-helped-confirm-einsteins-theory-100-yrs-later Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:24:07 +0100 meet-the-spaniards-who-helped-confirm-einsteins-theory-100-yrs-later The new travel agency will be dedicated to astro-tourism and scientific holidays in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160115/spain-to-open-first-online-astronomy-travel-agency Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:01:11 +0100 spain-to-open-first-online-astronomy-travel-agency Some celebrities get the honour of having their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But a group of Spanish astronomers have something more cosmic in mind for their own literary star. https://www.thelocal.es/20150828/astroners-quixotic-quest-for-cervantes-star Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:12:11 +0200 astroners-quixotic-quest-for-cervantes-star A new 'low-cost' telescope on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Wednesday kicked off what will be an international search for nearby planets which could support life. https://www.thelocal.es/20141023/canary-telescope-kicks-off-search-for-earth-like-planets Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:37:00 +0200 canary-telescope-kicks-off-search-for-earth-like-planets Meteorologists and stargazers on Sunday recorded the fiery disintegration of a mystery meteor in the skies above much of Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20140908/video-fireball-flashes-across-spanish-sky Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:03:00 +0200 video-fireball-flashes-across-spanish-sky This year's Perseid meteor shower was almost obscured by the 'supermoon' but one photographer still managed to capture a stunning image of the event. https://www.thelocal.es/20140814/meteor-shower-blazes-across-spanish-sky Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:54:00 +0200 meteor-shower-blazes-across-spanish-sky Astronomers at an observatory in Almería have become the first in Spain to find an 'exoplanet' – a world outside our solar system - with their discovery of Kepler-91b, a 'dying' world orbiting a red giant star some 3,360 light years from Earth. https://www.thelocal.es/20140808/spanish-scientists-discover-distant-dying-planet Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:55:00 +0200 spanish-scientists-discover-distant-dying-planet The annual Geminids meteor shower created a spectacular display in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday and astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado was on hand to capture the space weather event. https://www.thelocal.es/20131218/pic-of-the-day-amazing-canary-meteor-shower Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:57:00 +0100 pic-of-the-day-amazing-canary-meteor-shower Spain was greeted with the spectacular sight of a so-called supermoon on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.es/20130624/supermoon-dazzles-spanish-sky-gazers Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:23:00 +0200 supermoon-dazzles-spanish-sky-gazers