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We can harness the solar wind to sail to the farthest corners of space
Rockets eventually run out of fuel, which limits how far they can go. But now we…
Ancient ice beneath the surface of comet 67P is softer than candyfloss
When the Philae lander arrived at comet 67P, its harpoons didn’t deploy as planned and it…
NASA confirms there is water on the moon that astronauts could use
Two studies of water on the moon have confirmed that it may be more abundant and…
Mathematicians have found the shortest route to visit 2 million stars
The travelling salesman problem – finding the shortest route between many locations – is notoriously tough,…
More doubts cast on potential signs of life on Venus
A new analysis of the recent observations that seemed to show phosphine gas on Venus –…
Venus might not have signs of life after all, say astronomers
Measurements of phosphine in Venus’s clouds have sparked speculation that it could have come from life,…
NASA is about to grab a chunk of rock from asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to extend its robotic arm and bounce off the asteroid Bennu,…
Two old spacecraft may be about to catastrophically collide in orbit
A defunct navigation satellite and an old rocket booster are on a collision course. If they…
Two old spacecraft just avoided catastrophically colliding in orbit
A defunct navigation satellite and an old rocket booster have narrowly avoided a collision. If they…