Space

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Alien life on Super-Earth can survive longer than us due to long-lasting protection from cosmic rays

Laser experiments show their magnetic fields shielding their surfaces from radiation last longer

15 Jan 2022 09:09 | 69

Science

Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket deploys seven satellites with third successful mission

Paperwork needs sorting for a launch from the UK

14 Jan 2022 19:28 | 12

Science

European Space Agency: Come on, hack our satellite if you think you're hard enough

Space: The final frontier for cybersecurity

11 Jan 2022 17:15 | 16

Science

The James Webb Space Telescope has only gone and deployed its primary mirror

And you thought unfolding the table for Christmas dinner was tricky

10 Jan 2022 12:00 | 65

Science

Robotic arm on China's space station does a demo, swings out 20 degrees and back while holding cargo ship

Plan is to use the arm to finish putting the outpost together

07 Jan 2022 11:44 | 21

Science

NASA confirms International Space Station is to keep orbiting through 2030

Patching over the cracks in partner relations and pressurised modules for a few extra years

05 Jan 2022 20:07 | 26

Updated

A moment of tension as the James Webb Space Telescope stretches sunshield on way to L2 destination

Engineers on Earth have five and a half months more of this

04 Jan 2022 16:07 | 72

Science

James Webb Telescope launch delayed again, this time by weather

New launch date could be a marvelous Christmas gift to humanity

23 Dec 2021 03:58 | 43

Science

Boffins' first take on asteroid dust from Japanese probe: Carbon rich, less lumpy than expected

The five grams of Ryugu we got suggests it's made of the same stuff as the outer Sun

22 Dec 2021 10:03 | 79

Science

Mars helicopter mission (which Apache says is powered byLog4j) overcomes separate network glitch to confirm new flight record

Ingenuity clocks up 30 minutes flying in the Martian skies

16 Dec 2021 05:57 | 40

Science

Apollo 17 samples yield fresh insights 49 years after mission left the Moon

Modern analytical techniques suggest the natural satellite cooled much faster than previously thought

15 Dec 2021 09:30 | 13

Science

Humanity has officially touched the Sun (or, at least, one of its probes has)

Parker solar probe partly determines where Sol ends and begins

15 Dec 2021 06:45 | 66

Science

ExoMars parachutes just about good enough to land rover safely on the Red Planet

Nobody wants to see Rosalind Franklin scattered over Oxia Planum

14 Dec 2021 13:00 | 38

Science

No more Commercial Space Astronaut Wings after this year because FAA has been handing them out like candy

You can still get a badge if you go now

13 Dec 2021 18:45 | 16

Science

Actual metal being welded in support of the UK's first orbital 'launch platform'

Orbex is still testing, but aiming for the real thing in 2022

09 Dec 2021 11:31 | 43

Science

Galileo satnav system gets two new somewhat confusing satellites

Despite being the 27th and 28th launched, they're the first of a dozen first-gen birds

06 Dec 2021 07:16 | 39

Science

China's Yutu rover spots 'mysterious hut' on far side of the Moon

Cube-shaped object is probably just a rock. Yutu will check it out anyway

06 Dec 2021 05:00 | 120

Science

What will life in orbit look like after the ISS? NASA hands out new space station contracts

The end is coming, and nobody wants a homeless 'naut

03 Dec 2021 20:23 | 42

Bootnotes

One white cat and a volcano short of a Bond villain: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck shows off the 'Hungry Hippo'

Neutron updated, but the Spectre of SpaceX looms

03 Dec 2021 14:44 | 26

Science

Russia: It isn't just us – a bit of an old US rocket might get as close as 5.4km to the ISS

Meanwhile, Soyuz Cluedo continues: It was someone, with the drill, in the habitation module

01 Dec 2021 19:05 | 41

Science

ESA's Solar Orbiter sails safely past Earth despite orbiting debris concerns

See if you can guess when the spacecraft thrusters took over

01 Dec 2021 09:59 | 12

Science

We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Mega-comets lurking in solar systems, spewing carbon monoxide

Comet BB is not only largest of its type that we know of, it was likely active billions of miles from the Sun

01 Dec 2021 06:32 | 11

Science

You, me and debris: NASA cans ISS spacewalk because it's getting too risky outside

Broken antenna will have to wait as warning comes in less than 24 hours before airlock opening

30 Nov 2021 12:24 | 39

Science

Hubble space 'scope brings its Cosmic Origins Spectrograph back online

Work continues on code to make the observatory operate happily when control unit message sync glitches out

30 Nov 2021 06:58 | 9

Science

UK Space Agency wants primary school kids to design a logo for first Brit launches

Submissions must create a 'sense of pride.' What could possibly go wrong?

29 Nov 2021 12:39 | 58

Science

LoRa to the Moon and back: Messages bounced off lunar surface using off-the-shelf hardware

... and a damn big radio telescope

24 Nov 2021 09:30 | 49

Science

ESA tries listening to a red rover on the Red Planet: How did it go? The sound of silence

Mars Express wanted to demonstrate its relay smarts once again, but space agency mum on progress

11 Nov 2021 11:44 | 2

Offbeat

Another 100 space tourists buy a ride from Virgin Galactic: $25k of that ticket deposit is 'non-refundable'

Firm still manages to lose $48m while Italian Air Force waits to board Branson's space jalopy

09 Nov 2021 12:36 | 38

Feature

AI algorithms can help erase bright streaks of internet satellites – but they cannot save astronomy

'We are absolutely losing some science'

06 Nov 2021 09:15 | 117

Science

Juno what? Jupiter's Great Red Spot is much deeper than originally thought

Boffins release treasure trove of findings from NASA probe, including weird cyclones around the poles

29 Oct 2021 13:26 | 7

Offbeat

50 years have gone by since the UK's one – and only – homegrown foray into orbit

Hopefully not another half century before the next... although launchpads are pricey

28 Oct 2021 10:56 | 53

Science

Lunar rocks brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 show Moon's volcanoes were recently* active

* Just a couple of billion years

20 Oct 2021 09:58 | 18

Science

Engineers investigating iffy solar array latch on NASA's Lucy as probe begins long journey to Trojan asteroids

Spacecraft otherwise stable and working well

18 Oct 2021 18:46 | 8

Science

Dishing up the goods: Square Kilometre Array moves out of the theoretical and into the contractual

Plus: Australian telescope precursor finds weird waves in the middle of the galaxy

18 Oct 2021 16:44 | 23

Science

Forget everything you learned playing Lunar Lander: Chinese boffins reveal secrets of Chang'e 5 probe's touchdown

Landing with liquid fuel aboard made slosh-avoidance essential. Plus: China names first woman to visit Tiangong space station

15 Oct 2021 07:51 | 8

Science

Saturday start for NASA's Lucy probe on its 12-year quest to map Jupiter's Trojan asteroids

Astronomers will be searching for clues on how the Solar System formed

12 Oct 2021 23:50 | 13

AI + ML

Astroboffins reckon they've detected four hidden exoplanets by probing distant radio waves

It could help us find more exoplanets far out in the universe

12 Oct 2021 01:30 | 10

Science

UK.gov presents its National Space Strategy: Space is worth billions to us. Just don't mention Brexit, OK?

'Putting rocket boosters the size of Saturn V's F1 under Brit space biz.' Yikes. But where's the money, Boris?

01 Oct 2021 10:27 | 74

Video

If anyone can explain why Jupiter's Great Red Spot is spinning faster and shrinking, please speak up

Astronomers are still figuring out how the planet's storm continues to rage

28 Sep 2021 06:44 | 84

Science

China's taikonauts return from heavenly palace after 92-day mission

Plenty more launches planned to attach another couple of modules

20 Sep 2021 04:57 | 17

Personal Tech

Astro Pi 2: New Raspberry Pi hardware with updated camera, sensors to head to the ISS this year

This time it's... quite a bit faster

13 Sep 2021 17:03 | 19

Science

Dozy ISS cosmonauts woken by smoke alarm on eve of 5-hour spacewalk

Air purified, everyone back to bed, says Roscosmos, studiously ignoring smoke, burning smell

09 Sep 2021 16:01 | 16

Science

James Webb Space Telescope penciled in for launch this century. Yes, Dec 18, 2021

This thing better not explode on the pad

09 Sep 2021 06:26 | 31

Science

Astronomers detect burps of interstellar cannibal from 480 million light years away

In space, everyone can see you emit brightly shining gas, X-rays, and radio waves

07 Sep 2021 17:01 | 16

Science

After failing to make it to orbit, Firefly Aerospace asserts it has 'arrived'

'Arrived' back on the planet quite a bit sooner than expected, sure

06 Sep 2021 15:47 | 12

Video

Alpha adds to tally of exploding rockets, takes out space sail prototype with it

Firefly Aerospace rounds out a wobbly week for rocket fanciers

03 Sep 2021 21:34 | 39

Feature

In space, no one can hear cyber security professionals scream

Miscreants hacking vulnerable orbital hardware could set living standards back by decades in seconds

02 Sep 2021 13:22 | 22

Video

This drag sail could prevent spacecraft from turning into long-term orbiting junk. We spoke to its inventors ahead of launch

Gadget due to be tested this week

01 Sep 2021 07:26 | 55

Science

More cracks found in Russian annex of the International Space Station

Head of Russia's segment says it's time for Roscosmos to build its own orbiting lab

31 Aug 2021 23:09 | 26

Science

Solar System's fastest-orbiting asteroid spotted, flies closer to the Sun than Mercury

Boffins ponder where space rock came from

24 Aug 2021 06:33 | 34

Science

China's Mars rover assigned extended mission after exceeding life expectancy

But first, a holiday while Mars is on the other side of the Sun

23 Aug 2021 07:45 | 15

Science

Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight

Don't get your hopes up about that Sept 24, 2182 end-of-world party

12 Aug 2021 06:11 | 37

Science

Hubble in another first: Water vapor spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s Ganymede

We speak to the scientists involved

27 Jul 2021 06:20 | 11

Pic

We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. An exoplanet building its own moons

400 light-years away, satellites are forming

23 Jul 2021 13:03 | 33

Science

Mountains on neutron stars are not even a millimetre tall due to extreme gravity

According to simulations, anyway

21 Jul 2021 07:27 | 44

Pics

Not only is Hubble back online after outage, it's already taking photos of the cosmos

After hundreds of hours of work, engineers called out of retirement for help

20 Jul 2021 06:24 | 52

Science

NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer

Hardware gremlins plagued orbiting observatory for over a month

16 Jul 2021 21:02 | 111

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Alien life on Super-Earth can survive longer than us due to long-lasting protection from cosmic rays

Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket deploys seven satellites with third successful mission

European Space Agency: Come on, hack our satellite if you think you're hard enough

The James Webb Space Telescope has only gone and deployed its primary mirror

Robotic arm on China's space station does a demo, swings out 20 degrees and back while holding cargo ship

NASA confirms International Space Station is to keep orbiting through 2030

A moment of tension as the James Webb Space Telescope stretches sunshield on way to L2 destination

James Webb Telescope launch delayed again, this time by weather

Boffins' first take on asteroid dust from Japanese probe: Carbon rich, less lumpy than expected

Mars helicopter mission (which Apache says is powered byLog4j) overcomes separate network glitch to confirm new flight record

Apollo 17 samples yield fresh insights 49 years after mission left the Moon

Humanity has officially touched the Sun (or, at least, one of its probes has)

ExoMars parachutes just about good enough to land rover safely on the Red Planet

No more Commercial Space Astronaut Wings after this year because FAA has been handing them out like candy

ESA promises to get back to would-be astronauts by the end of 2021

NASA's new black hole spotter makes it into orbit

Gas giant 11 times the mass of Jupiter discovered in b Centauri binary system

Actual metal being welded in support of the UK's first orbital 'launch platform'

Galileo satnav system gets two new somewhat confusing satellites

China's Yutu rover spots 'mysterious hut' on far side of the Moon

What will life in orbit look like after the ISS? NASA hands out new space station contracts

One white cat and a volcano short of a Bond villain: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck shows off the 'Hungry Hippo'

Russia: It isn't just us – a bit of an old US rocket might get as close as 5.4km to the ISS

ESA's Solar Orbiter sails safely past Earth despite orbiting debris concerns

We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Mega-comets lurking in solar systems, spewing carbon monoxide

You, me and debris: NASA cans ISS spacewalk because it's getting too risky outside

Hubble space 'scope brings its Cosmic Origins Spectrograph back online

UK Space Agency wants primary school kids to design a logo for first Brit launches

LoRa to the Moon and back: Messages bounced off lunar surface using off-the-shelf hardware

ESA tries listening to a red rover on the Red Planet: How did it go? The sound of silence

Another 100 space tourists buy a ride from Virgin Galactic: $25k of that ticket deposit is 'non-refundable'

AI algorithms can help erase bright streaks of internet satellites – but they cannot save astronomy

Juno what? Jupiter's Great Red Spot is much deeper than originally thought

50 years have gone by since the UK's one – and only – homegrown foray into orbit

Lunar rocks brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 show Moon's volcanoes were recently* active

Engineers investigating iffy solar array latch on NASA's Lucy as probe begins long journey to Trojan asteroids

Dishing up the goods: Square Kilometre Array moves out of the theoretical and into the contractual

Forget everything you learned playing Lunar Lander: Chinese boffins reveal secrets of Chang'e 5 probe's touchdown

Saturday start for NASA's Lucy probe on its 12-year quest to map Jupiter's Trojan asteroids

Astroboffins reckon they've detected four hidden exoplanets by probing distant radio waves

UK.gov presents its National Space Strategy: Space is worth billions to us. Just don't mention Brexit, OK?

If anyone can explain why Jupiter's Great Red Spot is spinning faster and shrinking, please speak up

China's taikonauts return from heavenly palace after 92-day mission

Astro Pi 2: New Raspberry Pi hardware with updated camera, sensors to head to the ISS this year

Dozy ISS cosmonauts woken by smoke alarm on eve of 5-hour spacewalk

James Webb Space Telescope penciled in for launch this century. Yes, Dec 18, 2021

Astronomers detect burps of interstellar cannibal from 480 million light years away

After failing to make it to orbit, Firefly Aerospace asserts it has 'arrived'

Alpha adds to tally of exploding rockets, takes out space sail prototype with it

In space, no one can hear cyber security professionals scream

This drag sail could prevent spacecraft from turning into long-term orbiting junk. We spoke to its inventors ahead of launch

More cracks found in Russian annex of the International Space Station

Solar System's fastest-orbiting asteroid spotted, flies closer to the Sun than Mercury

China's Mars rover assigned extended mission after exceeding life expectancy

Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight

Hubble in another first: Water vapor spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s Ganymede

We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. An exoplanet building its own moons

Mountains on neutron stars are not even a millimetre tall due to extreme gravity

Not only is Hubble back online after outage, it's already taking photos of the cosmos

NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer

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