The two Proba-3 spacecraft will work together to create an artificial solar eclipse ESA The European…
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Starship launch 6: When is the next SpaceX flight test and what can we expect?
SpaceX says on its website that it aims to conduct the sixth test flight of Starship…
2024 Booker prize goes to Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital, set over 24 hours on the ISS
The International Space Station MSFC/NASA Samantha Harvey, who has won the UK’s top fiction award, the…
A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch
Earth isn’t doing so great. Thanks to human-induced climate change, the seas are warming and rising,…
SpaceX targets Starship flight next week – just a month after last one
Starship during a high-altitude flight test SpaceX SpaceX is making preparations for the sixth test flight…
Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for the planet
Uranus is more normal than we had thought NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute Uranus’s strange magnetic field…
Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?
The universe is full of matter Mohd. Afuza/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our Lost…
We are a long way from pregnancy being safe on Mars
Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren’t exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red…
Chinese rover finds further evidence for an ancient ocean on Mars
Topographical map of Mars showing Utopia Planitia, which may once have been an ocean U.S. Geological…
What preparing for an asteroid strike teaches us about climate change
When it comes to natural disasters, most are impossible to predict more than a few months…