Lettuce grown on the International Space Station has been served with tacos and cheeseburgers, and it…
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SpaceX plans to send 3 tourists to the space station next year
SpaceX is partnering with a US start-up called Axiom Space to launch three space tourists on…
NASA's next Mars rover is called Perseverance and will search for life
Out of 28,000 suggestions, NASA selected the name Perseverance for its Mars 2020 rover, which will…
Have we really found an alien protein inside a meteorite?
A team of researchers say they have discovered a protein molecule inside a meteorite, the first…
How red is a black hole? The strange reality of what space looks like
Our images of deep space are spectacular, but don’t reflect what our eyes would see. Here’s…
Weird star was born when two white dwarfs merged instead of blowing up
White dwarf stars are common in the galaxy, but astronomers have found one that doesn’t seem…
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion in the universe
A huge black hole in a distant galaxy caused the largest explosion we have ever seen,…
Rocket start-up Astra tries back-to-back launches to win $12 million
A private satellite that’s low on fuel could survive five more years because another satellite has…
First private space rescue mission sees two satellites latch together
A private satellite that’s low on fuel could survive five more years because another satellite has…
China’s rover has discovered what lies beneath the moon’s far side
China’s Yutu-2 rover has used radar to peer 40 metres under the surface of the far…