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Meet NASA's latest Mars Rover: Will Perseverance find life in 2021?
Perseverance is the first NASA mission to explicitly look for signs of ancient life. It will…
Most space travellers are men despite slow rise in female astronauts
Early space travellers were younger men, but the average age has risen since the 1960s. More…
Life in the toxic clouds of Venus
Read a preview of Launchpad, our free weekly newsletter in which resident space expert Leah Crane…
It’s time to for us to revisit Venus to uncover its many mysteries
The discovery of a possible sign of life on Venus highlights our ignorance of what is…
BepiColombo may be able to search for signs of life as it passes Venus
The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to pass by Venus on its way to Mercury, and the…
How to spot a Starlink satellite in the night sky
There are hundreds of SpaceX satellites in the sky. A successful sighting just requires a bit…
Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth
Flames reveal their secret workings when freed from the effects of gravity, so burning things in…
Glittering image of Andromeda galaxy takes top photography award
This tantalising image of spiral galaxy Andromeda – our nearest big neighbour – won Nicolas Lefadeux…
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars review: Brilliant sci-fi from Eragon author
Christopher Paolini’s epic new novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, is an hallucinatory space…