SpaceX’s second full test flight of its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship ended in another fiery crash landing on Tuesday. Elon Musk’s company launched its latest Starship…
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Professor Avi Loeb: ‘It would be arrogant to think we’re alone in the universe’
By the time humanity noticed the object, it was already leaving the solar system. 19 October 2017. Astronomers at the University of Hawaii notice an…
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Next month, three new spacecraft arrive at Mars. Two represent firsts for their countries of origin, while the third opens a new era of Mars…
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Jeff Bezos’s space travel company, Blue Origin, says it is “getting really close” to flying humans after the successful completion of its 14th mission into…
View More Spacewatch: Bezos’s Blue Origin ‘really close’ to flying humansWhat (non-Covid) science is coming up in 2021? – podcast
Ian Sample and producer Madeleine discuss what science, outside of the pandemic, they’ll be looking out for in 2021. Joined by Prof Gillian Wright and…
View More What (non-Covid) science is coming up in 2021? – podcastStarwatch: Orion’s treats for the naked-eye star watcher
Starwatch The mighty constellation of Orion the hunter is one of the greatest sights in the night sky. To those of us in the northern…
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The European Space Agency (Esa) has signed a contract to begin building the module to supply communications and refuelling for the international lunar Gateway space…
View More European Space Agency to build module for Gateway space stationUK nuclear spacecraft could halve time of journey to Mars
British spacecraft could travel to Mars in half the time it now takes by using nuclear propulsion engines built by Rolls-Royce under a new deal…
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Nasa has approved a large contribution to Japan’s Extreme Ultraviolet High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope (EUVST) mission. Led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the mission involves…
View More Spacewatch: Nasa joins Japan’s mission to study sun’s atmosphereI lived like an astronaut for months in isolation
Once upon a time I lived on Mars. Or the closest thing to it. At the time I was a science journalist and not necessarily…
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