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Spacecraft are just a small part of what it takes for humans to become an interplanetary species. A political science professor explains how there is much more to creating a spacefaring society.
Calculations show that wormholes should create a spectacular display of gamma rays that we could try to observe.
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The fifth episode of the To the moon and beyond podcast series explores where we will be travelling in 2069.
Astronauts traveling to Mars and beyond would face serious psychological challenges. A well-designed media program – based on an old-fashioned schedule – might help make life at least a bit easier.
If you want to live on Mars, you’re going to need to grow food. Seeds are naturally equipped to handle challenging Earth environments, but how well can they survive what they’ll encounter off-planet?
To get us to Mars and beyond, a team of students from around the world has a plan involving lunar rovers mining ice and a space station between the Earth and the moon.
Scientists are working out how to grow plants in space, ready to use them as food when we visit other planets.
The European Space Agency is exploring what we can learn from animals about long-term deep sleep.
It’s no TIE fighter, but the Dawn probe is driven by the future of spacecraft propulsion: ion engines.
Out of hibernation, Rosetta stirs at last. As one of the scientists involved in the mission, news that the unmanned spacecraft has woken up and restored contact with Earth comes as a great relief. It contains…
CSIRO scientists have written software that could guide spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, show that the planet Nibiru doesn’t…
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Professor of Planetary Sciences, The Open University
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Visiting Fellow (Molecular and Cellular Biology), University of Leeds
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Professor of Sleep Physiology, University of Oxford
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Ph.D. Student in Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Tokyo
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Ph.D. Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
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Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Southampton
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Space Robotics and Space Technology, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University