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SpaceX is about to launch a sail propelled through space by sunshine
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-2 satellite, which uses sails to harness the energy of sunlight, is planned…
Japan wants to launch the first ever rover to visit a Martian moon
In 2024, Japan wants to send a rover to one of Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos.…
Working hypothesis: From DJ sets in space to ancient bagels
Our regular column sorting the week’s supernovae from the absolute zeros Click here for…
How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets
Earth’s nearest neighbours have turned into uninhabitable hellholes. Understanding their transformation will teach us which rocky…
Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street
Experience humanity’s longest voyage, explore the world the weather-watchers made and party like it’s 1851 on…
ESA plans triple spacecraft to lurk in wait for a speedy comet
After the success of Rosetta, the European Space Agency plans to launch three spacecraft to wait…
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu
NASA has captured its closest and most detailed image yet of Bennu, a 78 billion-kilogram asteroid…
Our galaxy's central black hole is oddly quiet – now we may know why
The supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s centre is relatively calm and peaceful, which may…
We may be witnessing the birth of an exomoon around a distant world
A planet 369 light years away appears to be surrounded by a disc of dust the…