The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It’s a…
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Discovering extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations that our species has ever made. But such…
In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes –…
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could…
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9…
On October 10, NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa. Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest and most powerful space telescope built to date. Since it was launched in…
SpaceX has launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft on a “rescue mission” to bring back two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) since…
In January 2023, a new comet was discovered. Comets are found regularly, but astronomers quickly realised this one, called C/2023 A3…
Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the…