What is a spacewalk, and what is British astronaut Tim Peake doing on his?
Tim Peake will be carrying out the first spacewalk by a Brit since 1995, but what exactly will he be…
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Space junk will crash back to Earth on Friday the 13th, but it’s no bad omen
Scientists are excited – the opportunity to study its trajectory could help improve current methods.
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From teeth to outer space
This is what human beings do. We wander over landscapes, whether terrestrial, cosmic or conceptual, looking for something different, better,…
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Why Nasa is right to give up on searching for life on Mars
“Is there life on Mars?” seemed like an epoch-defining question.
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NASA: streaks of salt on Mars may mean flowing water, and new hopes of life
In a huge announcement today, NASA reveals it has found evidence of salty water on Mars. We look at what we know so…
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What was so special about last night’s super blood moon?
Is the world ending? And other important questions.
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Space salad and twin studies: what did astronauts learn on their latest space station mission?
One astronaut broke the record for most days spent in space, while another left his twin at home on Earth…
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Stephen Hawking’s black hole poser
A black hole is the ultimate physics laboratory.
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Be careful what you say to aliens
Seeking alien contact could be the thing that triggers our own implosion.
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Liveblog: Nasa’s probe New Horizons will make history as the first spacecraft ever to reach Pluto
Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft will be returning to humanity the first ever close-up images and scientific observations of Pluto and its moons.
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The risks, rewards and rocky starts of space travel
Space is hard but deep space is perhaps harder – yet, as we hope to find out, still worth the effort.
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From Big Bang to Big Rip: how will the universe end?
The universe is a very sticky place, but how sticky is it? Could it favour the “Big Rip” demise of…
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I chose a laptop that even Nasa couldn’t break. Somehow, I have managed to break it
Nasa only has to worry about the fiery immolation of its crew, should anything go wrong. They do not have…
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After seven months in hibernation on a comet, the space probe Philae has woken up
ESA’s space probe Philae has awoken on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko after seven months in hibernation.
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Storms from outer space: some things are just too impressive to appreciate
We know more about life in space – and at home – than ever before. But what do we do with that…
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Japan joins list of nations planning on covering the Moon in robots over the next five years
The next five years will see a resurgence in lunar exploration, driven both by idealism and an economic incentive.
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Near-light speed travel increasingly impossible, according to maths
Travelling at close to the speed of light may be necessary for humans to colonise the galaxy, but the maths…
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Nasa chief scientist says we’re (possibly) only a decade away from finding alien life
It’s increasingly clear that the Solar System is more life-friendly than we’d previously suspected.
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Our galaxy is home to many, many more Earths than we ever thought
So much for being special.
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Mars’ unusual moons may have been created by collision with Pluto-sized object
Mars’ moons are unusual in the Solar System – for their size, shape and colour from their parent planet. Where…
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