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Artist's illustration of Europe's ExoMars rover, named Rosalind Franklin, on the surface of the Red Planet.

Europe plans to launch advanced Mars lander in 2035

By Andrew Jones published

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

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Graphic showing the the artemis accords logo above white text reading "the artemis accords", the surface of the moon is seen in the lower portion of the image and a distant Mars peeks out from the surface of the moon.

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

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galaxies scattered across the vast abyss of space.

Hubble tension is now in our cosmic backyard, sending cosmology into crisis

By Keith Cooper published

Measurements of the distance to the Coma Cluster of galaxies find that it is millions of light years closer than the standard model predicts.

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured two young stars named HOPS 150, which glows a bright golden red in the upper-right corner of the image, and HOPS 153, which lies on the left side of the image, represented by a narrow, colourful jet, in the Orion Nebula.

Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

A recent photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures two protostars called HOPS 150 and HOPS 153, which are located in the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula.

Hubble Space Telescope

Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope

By Stefanie Waldek published

Ashley Zelinskie's VR artwork Twin Quasar was inspired by the iconic deep-space image from the James Webb Space Telescope that introduced a new audience to gravitational lensing.

James Webb Space Telescope
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steven E. Vera, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard non-commissioned officer in charge of technical training, trains 45 augmentees on marching in preparation for the Jan. 20 Presidential Inauguration at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8, 2025. This marks the first time the Space Force will participate in a presidential inauguration, a significant milestone for the youngest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Space Force to march in Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a 1st for the new military branch

By Julian Dossett published

On Jan. 20, the U.S. Space Force will participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, a first for the nation's newest military branch.

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An illustration shows a planet being disintergrated "spilling its guts" into space

Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter

By Robert Lea published

NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter has found the fastest-disintegrating planet ever. Losing a moons-worth of matter every million years, it is a prime target for the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first exquisite images of an interstellar patch of sky, about 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

James Webb Space Telescope
An illustration of two Indian satellites nearing each other in orbit.

Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit

By Mike Wall published

India successfully docked its two SpaDex satellites in Earth orbit yesterday (Jan. 15), becoming just the fourth country to pull off such a satellite meetup.

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an astronaut in a white spacesuit works outside a space station opposite a space capsule

Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams completed a six-hour spacewalk to repair and upgrade equipment outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Jan. 16).

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