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NASA missions may go to Venus or our solar system’s strangest moons

Space

NASA missions may go to Venus or our solar system’s strangest moons

NASA has selected four potential future missions – to Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, Neptune’s icy moon Triton, and two that would explore the atmosphere and map the surface of Venus

News

Starlink launch January 29 2020

Space

Legal action could be used to stop Starlink affecting telescope images

News

A man gazes at the Milky Way

Space

Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery

Comment

Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

Life

Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

Features

Xie Gengxin

Space

Chinese Chang’e 4 engineer explains how to garden on the moon

News

hands artwork

Physics

In the quantum realm, cause doesn’t necessarily come before effect

Features

clock

Humans

William Gibson's Agency drops time-travel paradoxes for big questions

Culture

Jill Tarter

Space

Jill Tarter: The hunt for alien life is only just beginning

Regulars

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is seen after it landed in White Sands, N.M., . Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight to the International Space Station that threatened to set back the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year Boeing-Crew Capsule, White Sands, USA - 22 Dec 2019

Space

Boeing's Starliner hiccup could delay US plans for crewed spaceflight

News

Starliner launch

Space

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft fails to reach ISS due to a broken clock

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched on 20 December, but problems with one of its clocks meant that it won't be able to complete its mission to the ISS

News

Space

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is launching to space for the first time

News

Space

Mars rovers and crew capsules: Your guide to 2020 in space travel

News

Space

Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth

Comment

Humans

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

Regulars

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