Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers shooting tiny grains of ice into space. These grains could hold traces of life − but researchers need the right tools to tell.
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Space exploration is not a waste of resources, but a source of technological and medical advances, a tool for climate monitoring and a source of educational inspiration for youth.
With wealth, charm and tactful leadership, John F. Kennedy set the standard for working toward the common good and decency in public discourse
A type of eclipse is crucial for measuring what’s in the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars.
Now out in space for more than two years, the James Webb Space Telescope is a stunningly sophisticated instrument.
An instrument on the Europa Clipper mission might be able to detect biological cells from space.
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside Earth.
The eclipse will allow scientists to get rare measurements of the Sun’s atmosphere.
Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants who are committed to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.
Eclipses are rare, fantastic celestial events. Here’s how educators can help visually impaired students enjoy eclipses alongside their sighted peers.
Giant helium balloons are a cheap, more environmentally friendly alternative to rocket launches – and you get the satellite back.
Determining whether or not life exists on another planet is an extraordinarily complicated – and expensive – scientific endeavor.
The next generation of spacesuit needs to do more than simply protect an astronaut from the vacuum of space.
Only about 12kg of oxygen is produced per second on Europa, which is on the lower side of previous estimates from about 5kg to 1,100 kg per second.
Has Jeff Koons’ latest high-profile stunt just proved that space is the new frontier for art?
A private company has successfully delivered cargo to the Moon’s surface for the first time. Here’s what that means for future space exploration.
The mission provided details about how to deflect an asteroid should one threaten Earth in future.
Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?
Two scholars who study death rituals explain that the corpse is considered spiritually polluting in many religious traditions, while the Moon holds a sacred place.
Spaceplanes seemed out of favour when the shuttle was retired in 2011; they now seem to be making a comeback.
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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 Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Sterrenkenner, History & Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Professor of Hypersonic Aerodynamics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
