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William Shatner

Space

Blue Origin is taking Star Trek’s William Shatner to space for real

The actor William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek, will fly aboard a Blue Origin rocket on 12 October

News

Tim Peake

Video

Tim Peake: The future of humans in space

Video

A selfie taken in space by the crew of Inspiration4, including Christopher Sembroski, Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor and Hayley Arceneaux

Space

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 marks a shift towards privacy for space tourists

News

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Video

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021

Video

concept image of global satellite communications system

Space

UK night skies will be among worst hit by satellite megaconstellations

News

Crew standing in front of rocket

Space

SpaceX is about to send the first ever all-amateur mission into orbit

News

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Space

Should we ban space weapons to stop the huge space junk problem?

Analysis

Ophiuchus constellation

Space

Mysterious cosmic rays spotted coming from ordinary stellar explosions

News

Solar panels in space

Space

Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, claims report

News

Snake-like robot

Technology

Snake-like robot could explore Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

A snake-like robot made of giant screws and flexible joints that can travel across hard or loose surfaces and worm into tiny spaces such as tubes and tunnels may be key to exploring the interior of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

News

Space

From Interstellar to Hidden Figures: 12 of the best space movies

Culture

Space

Comet’s dust trail could rain down on Venus this December

News

Technology

Stopwatch errors could make race times wrong by a tenth of a second

News

Question

How fast does Earth spin?

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