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Missions including ExoMars, Juno and Rosetta could make some major discoveries in 2016.
Time to salute the monkeys, dogs and ducks that went before us.
Dawn’s mission director and chief engineer describes his ‘dream come true’ job – and how the new data coming back from Ceres could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of our solar system.
The alternate reality visualised in Star Wars is now potentially much closer to home.
Cheap, affordable space travel would be revolutionary. Chances are, when it comes, it won’t rely on the brute force approach of rockets.
Hollywood may already have done it but when we eventually send real astronauts to Mars, what medicines should we arm them with? And will they work the same way as they do on Earth?
The Martian is a rare film that seeks to use science to enhance the plot, and gives a sense of the splendour of the Red Planet.
A giant golden mirror is on the brink of opening up a glimpse of the very first galaxies to be formed.
New research provides a compact but powerful way for Mars rovers to communicate directly with Earth via an array of smaller antenna elements, bypassing the need for an intermediary.
Plants on the International Space Station must figure out how to grow in a completely novel environment. Their adaptability hints at how they’ll react to changes here on Earth – or in future space outposts.
Imagine if you could build a home on the moon out of moon dust. That just one of the possibilities being explored for 3D printing.
In the long lead-up to our ultimate flyby of Pluto, space science has reconfigured our notions of what it means to be a solar system, a planet, a world.
Political tensions between Russia and the USA along with new players in the space industry could change the future of space collaboration.
What can the data from New Horizons tell us about the dwarf planet’s five moons?
New Horizons mission members have worked on the project for even longer than it’s taken the spacecraft to get to Pluto. They’ve planned, built and researched – and now their efforts are paying off.
Exactly half a century ago the US Mariner 4 made the first flyby of Mars. But why are we still doing flybys today?
Pluto is one of the most enigmatic objects in our solar system, and its secrets are soon to be uncovered by the New Horizons probe.
Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of the most enticing objects in our solar system, and a future NASA mission may help reveal whether it is a suitable for life.
Will the best ever images of Pluto reveal something that presents a case for planethood?
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