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Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm
Virgin Galactic is to become the first publicly traded company for human space travel after 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…
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…
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…
7 bizarre objects from the festival's worth of trash left on the moon
The Apollo 11 lunar lander and other moon missions left behind some weird stuff, including cannons,…
Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon
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…
Earth could have more water than we thought while exoplanets have less
New experiments with ice at very high pressures could force us to rethink our understanding of…
Exomoons that run away from their planets could become 'ploonets'
We haven’t found any moons around exoplanets, which may be because they are flung away and…