There are plenty of astronomical things to watch out for this year beyond this week’s lunar eclipse, including new Moon landings and a space station falling back to Earth.
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Dreams of new footprints on the moon are more about domestic politics than foreign policy.
Private companies are increasingly challenging national space agencies in a new space race, which comes with great opportunities but also huge risks.
The two women at the top of UK politics could be heading for a disagreement.
Great discoveries await.
The final week in October was widely reported as having been disastrous for space exploration. First we had the explosion of the crewless Antares launcher as it lifted off to take provisions to the International…
The golden age of planetary exploration had voyagers navigating new sea routes to uncharted territory. These territories were then claimed in the name of the monarchs who had financed the expeditions…
This weekend, the moon’s fortnightly rotation cycle turns China’s lunar rover Yutu (the Jade Rabbit) and its solar panels toward the sun once again … but whether the rover wakes up or not remains to be…
Earlier this week China launched one of its venerable Long March rockets. That event in itself is no longer news as China has become one of the world’s busiest and most reliable providers of satellite…
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Neil Armstrong Chair and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University
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Professeur d'Université chez Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, Professeur International Business Law, HEC Paris Business School
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester
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Professor of Robotics, Head of Centre for Robotics Research, King's College London
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Director of the Arne Slettebak Planetarium, The Ohio State University
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Senior Beamline Scientist - Powder Diffraction, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in Sociology, University of Kent
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