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New Scientist – Space
Selfish motives must not imperil the new space age
As Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump rush to return people to space, we need…
Inside the new space race: Who’ll be the first back to the moon?
Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to…
Elon Musk's SpaceX or a superpower: Who'll win the new space race?
Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to…
NASA to get an extra $1.6 billion to put the first woman on the moon
NASA’s mission to get humans, including the first woman, to the moon again in 2024 has…
Apollo-era moonquakes suggest lunar colonies must be shake-proof
Seismometers deployed by Apollo astronauts on the moon measured 28 moonquakes, which have now been linked…
Titan’s seas may be coated in organic goop that stops waves forming
Saturn’s moon Titan has liquid methane seas that are remarkably calm, which may be because a…
A simple experiment could help find alien life on Europa
If we found amino acids on icy moons like Europa, it could be a sign of…
The universe is 2.5 billion times less magnetic than a fridge magnet
Astronomers have calculate the magnetism of the entire universe by studying the space between galaxies, and…
Exploring the solar system
We are learning ever more about the sun and its planets. Mark McCaughrean of the European…