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Space is becoming “increasingly contested”, according to military experts.
Scientists will have to check whether the samples contain living microbes before they can be safely studied.
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are small but fluctuating.
Nations will need to tread carefully on the Moon in order to avoid conflict.
We already have some clues to what the Trump administration will change on space policy.
On what would’ve been the astronomer’s 90th trip around the Sun, here’s a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and communicator.
The mission will investigate the potential for life at the icy moon of Jupiter.
The company can recover from its problems, but will need to deliver on promises to get its house in order.
This month, they spotted just the ninth asteroid to be detected before impact with Earth.
The SpaceX-backed mission has no professional astronauts aboard.
With every satellite placed into orbit, its reflective surface increases the ambient glow of the night sky, which is now 10% brighter than if it were illuminated only by natural sources.
There’s intense competition between the US and China to establish bases on the Moon.
Here’s what’s going on to cause more widespread northern and southern lights.
Analysis of two major cosmic blasts deepens the mystery of where the universe’s ‘heavy’ elements come from.
Starliner is only the second vehicle to launch astronauts from US soil since the retirement of the shuttle in 2011.
The Perseverance rover has arrived at what’s thought to be an ancient shoreline on Mars.
The amount of space junk will increase as we continue to launch objects into space, but there are ways to curb damage on the ground.
A type of eclipse is crucial for measuring what’s in the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars.
An instrument on the Europa Clipper mission might be able to detect biological cells from space.
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