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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts – here's why
Unlike the Apollo missions, the new era of moon exploration might be about mining, tourism or…
Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system
Moon rocks collected by the Apollo missions contain a pristine record of Earth’s history. Reading it…
Apollo 11 only made it to the moon through diabolically hard practice
Before anyone had been to space, NASA simulated everything that could go possibly wrong – efforts…
Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status
Jodrell Bank Observatory, a world-leading centre for radio astronomy in the UK, has been added to…
Asteroid 2019 NN3 to flyby Earth at 0.83 lunar distances on July 10 – the largest since the start of the year
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 NN3 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.83 LD…
Museum starts 'live' restoration of Rembrandt masterpiece
Amsterdam’s famed Rijksmuseum on Monday began a historic restoration of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”, erecting a…
Robots, Not Humans, Are The New Space Explorers
Landing a man on the moon captures the public’s imagination. But in the decades after the…
X-ray serendipity
The purple lines and blotches scattered across this image show something incredible: all of the X-ray sources…
Asteroid 2019 MB4 to flyby Earth at 0.82 lunar distances on July 9
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 MB4 will flyby Earth at 0.82 LD / 0.00211 AU…