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'Iconic!': NASA's Perseverance sends first pictures after Mars landing

The American space agency promises more photos in the next few days and possibly also an audio recording of the historic descent.

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"Touchdown confirmed!" - Perseverance lands on Mars

The NASA rover is there as part of a mission to uncover signs of life and collect samples of rock

Bosnia and Herzegovina

What links a Bosnian village and NASA's historic bid to land on Mars?

Villagers in Bosnia will be glued to their screens on Thursday to see if NASA can land one of its rovers on Mars. Here's why.

Green News

New satirical advert explains why the elite 1% will move to Mars

If you’re not rich enough to escape to Mars, you’d better start tackling climate change now, says Thunberg.

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United Arab Emirates

UAE releases its first picture of Mars from Amal space probe

Amal, which is the Arabic word for hope, is currently circling the red planet, and will do so until the rover separates and attempts to land.

Europe Decoded

Has a 50-year mystery about playing golf on the moon now been solved?

US astronaut Alan P. Shepard Jr became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. But there has been a 50-year-old mystery over how far it travelled. Until perhaps now....

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Astronauts go on a spacewalk to enhance International Space Station

It was part of a four-year effort to modernise the International Space Station's power grid.

Europe News

EU bids to boost Europe's connectivity with 600 low-orbit satellites

The EU wants to launch 600 new low-orbit satellites into space to enhance communication and connectivity for European citizens.

Travel News

In pictures: NASA's top Earth photographs of 2020

Here's a selection of the best photographs of our planet from 2020, taken by astronauts at the International Space Station.

China

China space probe due to enter Mars' orbit

China's Mars probe spacecraft is due to enter the red planet's orbit within a month after traveling 400m kilometres since its launch in July

World News

2020 wasn't a great year on Earth - but what about in space?

With so much of the planet's population stuck at home for large parts of the year, 2020 has at least been a good one for looking up at the sky and taking in the wonders of the cosmos.

World News

The Great Conjunction: Jupiter and Saturn align closest in centuries

The planets pass each other in their respective orbits around the Sun every 20 Earth years, they haven't been this close in the sky since 1623.

Chile

Total solar eclipse wows crowds across Latin America

Thousands travelled across Chile and Argentina to catch a glimpse of the celestial event which won't be seen again until 2048.

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Russia successfully test-launches Angara-5 space rocket

It blasted off from Plesetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia on Monday.

Russia

Russia completes second successful test launch of Angara A5 rocket

Russia has successfully launched its Angara A5 rocket, the second successful test flight of the rocket officials said.

USA

SpaceX’s Starship test flight explodes on touchdown

An unmanned test flight for SpaceX’s Starship, a rocketship Elon Musk hopes will carry people to Mars, ended in a spectacular explosion upon touchdown on Wednesday night.

World News

NASA recruits companies to collect moon rock for as little as $1

The contracts are primarily intended to set a legal precedent for the exploitation of extraterrestrial resources by the private sector going forward.

World News

Astronomers produce most detailed 3D map yet of the Milky Way

The first accurate 3D map of the Milky Way has been unveiled by the European Space Agency which could help shed fresh light on the Galaxy.

Latvia

Latvian technology could one day prevent asteroids from hitting Earth

Latvia's space technology tradition dates back to Soviet times when Sputnik - the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth - was launched in 1957.

China

China's space probe will bring rocks back to Earth from the moon

It will be the first time samples from the moon have been brought back to Earth since the 1970s.