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Illustration of Juno above Jupiter

Space

NASA's Juno spacecraft gears up for a whirlwind tour of Jupiter

On 4 July, the Juno probe must fire its thrusters to try to go into orbit around Jupiter, where it will spend around a year and a half exploring its mysteries

News

giant frigatebird on the wing

Life

Roller-coasting birds soar for months and may snooze while aloft

News

Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Space

Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Culture

Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft is released by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm

Space

Watch a Cygnus spacecraft burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere

News

A round, smooth lump of amber in which a fossilised wing can be seen

Life

Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs

News

china rocket launch

Space

China plans for space station with most powerful rocket launch

News

I tried out being a space trucker in a Dream Chaser mini-shuttle

Space

I tried out being a space trucker in a Dream Chaser mini-shuttle

News

A space station in orbit

Space

China wants to share its new space station with the world

News

Old flying car

Technology

Is Larry Page right, are we poised for a flying car revolution?

Comment

carbon nanotubes

Technology

Carbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground

Simulations show that just a single out-of-place atom is enough to ruin the famed strength of carbon nanotubes, so using them to build a space elevator seems unlikely  

News

Space

Gravity probe LISA Pathfinder achieves best ever free fall

News

Space

Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

News

Space

India's reusable space plane takes its first test flight

News

Space

SpaceX Mars mission is a chance to hunt for life on the planet

Insight

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