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Stowaways on NASA's Massive Moon Rocket Promise Big Science in Small Packages

Stowaways on NASA's Massive Moon Rocket Promise Big Science in Small Packages

CubeSats packed on Artemis 1 will target lunar ice-if their batteries don't fail them

Dark Matter: An Invisible Glue That May Not Even Exist

Dark Matter: An Invisible Glue That May Not Even Exist

There's something in the universe that seems to hold everything together, a dark matter like glue. We can't see it, and yet it's got to be out there, right?

Scrapping Original Plan, Mars Mission Turns to Existing Rover to Help Bring Samples Home

Scrapping Original Plan, Mars Mission Turns to Existing Rover to Help Bring Samples Home

Helicopters will serve as backup to using Perseverance rover for delivery

Revealed: Hundreds of Billions of Stars. Now Let's Search Them for Life

Revealed: Hundreds of Billions of Stars. Now Let's Search Them for Life

For astrobiologists, the first image from Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope reveals infinite possibilities of life beyond Earth, says this author.

Gaia Probe Reveals Stellar DNA and Unexpected 'starquakes'

Gaia Probe Reveals Stellar DNA and Unexpected 'starquakes'

The robotic spacecraft unravels the history of the our galaxy's evolution - and could identify habitable regions of the Milky Way

Mars Probe Discovers 'shocking' New Aurora

Mars Probe Discovers 'shocking' New Aurora

The Emirates Mars Mission says it's a first: They have spotted a worm-like aurora that stretches halfway round Mars. It looks like our northern lights.

Food Security in Space: Farming Salad in Moon Soil

Food Security in Space: Farming Salad in Moon Soil

Scientists have grown plants in soil taken from the lunar surface. It's a sign that people could one day live on the moon, grow food and produce water.

The $93-billion Plan to Put Astronauts Back on the Moon

The $93-billion Plan to Put Astronauts Back on the Moon

The world's most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 - a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme.

Will Musk's Starlink Save Ukraine, SpaceX Save the ISS?

Will Musk's Starlink Save Ukraine, SpaceX Save the ISS?

Tech tycoon Elon Musk has indicated he will protect the internet in Ukraine and the world from the International Space Station if it crashes to Earth. But how?

Chinese 'space Cleaner' Spotted Grabbing and Throwing Away Old Satellite

Chinese 'space Cleaner' Spotted Grabbing and Throwing Away Old Satellite

Last month, a private satellite tracking company spotted a Chinese spacecraft apparently grabbing and throwing a dead satellite away into a "graveyard" orbit.

Nasa's Solar Probe 'touches' Sun for First Time, Dives into Unexplored Atmosphere

Nasa's Solar Probe 'touches' Sun for First Time, Dives into Unexplored Atmosphere

The Parker probe is exploring the corona to help scientists better understand solar outbursts that can interfere with life on Earth

NASA Is on the Cusp of a New Era

NASA Is on the Cusp of a New Era

Jennifer Heldmann laughed when I pointed out that she used the word "unprecedented" five times in a recent paper.

Northern Lights Photographer of the Year - in Pictures

Northern Lights Photographer of the Year - in Pictures

The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its annual northern lights photographer of the year collection with stunning images from 25 photographers. Coinciding with the northern lights season at the end of the year, it aims to share the beauty of this natural phenomenon

NASA's DART: 'If an Asteroid Hits a City, It'll Be Bad'

NASA's DART: 'If an Asteroid Hits a City, It'll Be Bad'

After climate change, the next 100-year threat is asteroids. But NASA's got a plan: A mission called DART. DW talks with the space agency's Thomas Zurbuchen.

Russia Accuses US of Hypocrisy over Satellite Destruction

Russia Accuses US of Hypocrisy over Satellite Destruction

Russia has acknowledged destroying a satellite in a missile test, as the US had reported. But the Kremlin denies creating a risk to others in space - and says the US is being hypocritical on space safety.

New Mission to Scour Our Interstellar Neighbourhood for Planets That Could Sustain Life

New Mission to Scour Our Interstellar Neighbourhood for Planets That Could Sustain Life

Privately funded Toliman telescope to be launched into low-earth orbit to search Alpha Centauri star system.

Nasa Bumps Moon Landing Back to 2025 at the Earliest

Nasa Bumps Moon Landing Back to 2025 at the Earliest

Agency says funding issues, along with delays tied to Bezos legal challenge, will push back first landing in a half century

Minority Among Elites: Female Astronauts of Color

Minority Among Elites: Female Astronauts of Color

The first female astronaut of color was African-American Mae Jemison - 30 years after the first men and white women flew in space.

Astro2020 Decadal Survey Calls for 'great Observatory' to Succeed Hubble - Physics World

Astro2020 Decadal Survey Calls for 'great Observatory' to Succeed Hubble - Physics World

Influential US Astro2020 panel recommends a space-based telescope operating from ultraviolet to near infra-red to be launched in the mid-2040s.

Star Trek Star William Shatner Ready to Boldly Go into Space

Star Trek Star William Shatner Ready to Boldly Go into Space

The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is due to launch above Earth for real within hours.

NASA To Stick With Controversial Name For New Space Telescope

NASA To Stick With Controversial Name For New Space Telescope

NASA's next flagship space telescope, scheduled to launch in December after many years of delays, will retain its current name, the James Webb Space Telescope, despite the controversy surrounding its honoree.

Space Tourism: Out of Reach for Most Earthlings

Space Tourism: Out of Reach for Most Earthlings

Space tourism began in 2001 with Italian-American millionaire Dennis Tito. Decades later, it's still a preserve of the rich and essentially white.