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Perseverance follows in the tracks of Curiosity. The latter’s touchdown on Martian soil in 2012 marked the first successful use of several pioneering space technologies.
If China succeeds, it will be the first country ever to visit and land on Mars on its first try.
India has already managed what China has not.
SpaceX is due to test fly its Starship in the coming days.
Artificial intelligence can help us venture further in space.
India may land on the Moon this coming year, while Nasa will launch its new, powerful rocket farther into space than any other human rated spacecraft.
Starship’s groundbreaking design will help it land safely on Mars one day.
Companies and space agencies alike will have to compete for very few useful sites on the Moon.
It is becoming increasingly clear that there is plenty of brine on Mars.
Researchers have spotted millions of galaxies in the most detailed radio survey of the southern sky ever conducted. It has smashed previous records for survey speed.
A change of government in the USA means less risk of ‘space war’ and more hope for peaceful cooperation.
Some people are nervous about China’s growing capabilities when it comes to space exploration.
How solar power stations in orbit could become a reality in the coming decades.
SpaceX’s satellites will populate the night sky, affecting how we observe the stars. And this is just the beginning of private satellite mega-constellations.
With a new president in the White House and NASA’s chief administrator resigning we can expect changes to space policy.
After two decades as a home to astronauts, the International Space Station still has plenty to teach us about how humans can live away from Earth.
Bennu will tell us about our own origins as much as about the origin of asteroid Bennu.
Considering what we know about the key ingredients for life’s formation on Earth, here are three explanations for how this process may have occurred on our sister planet.
When it comes to managing the tussle for resources on the Moon, we might take lessons from New Zealand environmental law and TikTok ‘witches’.
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science and Planetary Exploration, University of Stirling
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Research Fellow/Reader in Planetary Physics, Lancaster University
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester
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Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering, University of Glasgow
