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MARS ROVER PICKS ITS OWN ROCK SAMPLES
Perseverance is analysing each sample's elemental composition in the ongoing search for ancient life
Chris Carberry 'We've never landed something like this on Mars'
All About Space catches up with Chris Carberry, cofounder of Explore Mars Inc, about plans to land humans on Mars' moon Phobos
EARTH TO THE MOON
Jump on board the Orion as we follow the route planned for the Artemis astronauts
LAUNCH FOR THE MOON
NASA's biggest mission in over 50 years will put boots back on the Moon and bring us one step closer to Mars
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft takes a big step towards its 2024 launch
NASA's Europa Clipper mission is one step closer to starting its journey to Jupiter's icy moon.
Asteroid Ryugu contains material older than the planets
Ryugu contains some of the most primitive material ever studied on Earth, dating back to just 5 million years after the formation of the Solar System according to analyses of samples retrieved by Japan's Hayabusa2 mission. Because it's so old, it's made of the same material that formed the planets. "Ryugu is one of the building blocks of Earth," Hisayoshi Yurimoto, a professor at Hokkaido University in Japan, said.
SOLVING THE SUN'S BURNING MYSTERY
Scientists have spent decades trying to figure out why the Sun's atmosphere heats to extreme temperatures
COMETS FADE NEAR SATURN'S ORBIT
It's not just about the Sun's heat
OUR SATELLITE'S STARS SHED LIGHT ON GALAXY FORMATION
Mapping of the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals starry secrets
ASTEROID IMPACT UNLIKELY UNTIL 2880
Earthlings can breathe a little easier for the next 800 years
HUBBLE SPOTS ITS MOST DISTANT STAR YET
Meet Earendel, a star whose light took 12.8 billion years to reach Earth
MOON PROFILE TITAN
Saturn's biggest moon is a harsh, uninhabitable world, yet has uncanny similarities to our home planet
BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Five of NASA's spacecraft are heading beyond our solar neighbourhood. What will they find?
CONQUERING SPACE JUNK
Should we be worried about the debris we're leaving in orbit?
ARE WE IN A CHAOTIC UNIVERSE?
Do we finally have a handle on chaos theory and how it influences the world around us?
André Kuipers "Everybody in the space world was watching"
The only Dutch astronaut to fly into space twice, Kuipers also berthed a private spacecraft with the ISS for the first time
EILEEN COLLINS: “IT WAS A DIFFICULT MISSION… WE WERE THE FIRST TO SEE MIR”
Having served as both the first female pilot and first female commander of NASA’s Space Shuttle, Eileen Collins boosted the involvement of women in space exploration to a whole new level
EUROPE'S MARS ROVER IS NOW UNLIKELY TO LAUNCH BEFORE 2026 AFTER RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE
Europe's beleaguered ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch before 2026 as the European Space Agency (ESA) ponders a path forward for the mission, including finding a new rocket, replacing Russian-built parts in cooperation with NASA or restarting its partnership with Russia in case the country's war in Ukraine ends soon.
WHERE HAVE THESE GIANT FILAMENTS COME FROM?
Mysterious magnetic filaments have been found at the heart of the Milky Way, but astronomers are still trying to discover their origin
25 UNBELIEVABLE FACTS ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM
WHY OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD COULD BE THE STRANGEST PLACE IN THE COSMOS
VIRGIN ORBIT TARGETS SUMMER FOR ITS FIRST ORBITAL LAUNCH
The California-based company has three straight successful orbital missions under its belt
WELCOME TO THE STELLAR AFTERLIFE
They’re hot, they’re small and technically they’re dead. Meet the stellar remnants that have a multimillion-year-long tale to tell
BLACK HOLE BILLIARDS
Around these behemoths, smaller black holes weirdly collide
PLANET PROFILE VENUS
Earth’s sister planet is a harsh, deadly world, making it an interesting one to observe
CANON EOS 6D MARK II
Is this the perfect companion for enthusiast photographers looking to make their first break into the full-frame world?
12 ASTRONOMY TUTORIALS TO MASTER
For the very best views of the night sky
VERY LARGE TELESCOPE FINDS NEW SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
Scientists spotted the supermassive black hole hiding inside thick cosmic dust
THE MOON-LANDING HOAX
WHY DOES THE THEORY STILL LIVE ON? ALL ABOUT SPACE DEBUNKS A HOAX THAT RAGES AMONG CONSPIRACY THEORISTS EVER SINCE NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN LANDED ON THE LUNAR SURFACE
THIS MONTH'S PLANETS
A planetary parade featuring Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn is something spectacular to look out for in the dawn sky
SECRETS OF BLACK HOLES
PLACES WHERE THE LAWS OF PHYSICS ARE PUSHED TO THE EXTREME