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Astronomers find seven Earth-like planets that could host life

Astronomers announce the discovery of seven earth-sized planets orbiting a star just 40 light years away from our solar system.

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The icy mysteries of Pluto

This edition of Space takes you to the furthest reaches of our solar system, to the dwarf planet Pluto.

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Legends of Space, episode 2: Yuri Gagarin

On April 12, 1961 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, an achievement that marks the beginning of human spaceflight and was humanity’s first step into the…

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Six reasons why Huygens is a Legend of Space

The Huygens probe touched down on Titan in January 2005.

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What is 'Legends of Space'?

Legends of Space celebrates the greatest moments in space exploration, from Sputnik to Rosetta.

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Hunting earth-like exoplanets

In this edition of Space, Euronews correspondent Jeremy Wilks reports from the Observatory of Geneva – home to experts in exoplanets, the name given to planets outside our solar…

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Legends of Space, episode 1: Huygens touches down on Titan

The Legends of Space series celebrates the greatest moments in space exploration, from Sputnik to Rosetta.

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What's on the agenda for space in 2017?

Twenty seventeen will mark the launch of the space telescope, CHEOPS by the European space agency ESA.

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Mars mission, a new rocket and a giant telescope: Europe's space priorities

Lucerne offered a scenic backdrop to ESA’s space summit – the crucial ministerial meeting held every two years when the agency’s 22 member states spend 48 hours debating one subject – Europe’s future

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Can we deflect asteroids?

In the edition of Space, Euronews correspondent Jeremy Wilks reports from the Observatory of the Côte d’Azur in the south of France on a unique mission to deflect an…

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ESA's space chief Wörner on future of ISS, Moon and Mars exploration

Euronews' Jeremy Wilks talks to Jan Wörner, Director General of the European Space Agency on the future of European space travel

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World biggest space telescope is ready

The world’s largest and most complex space telescope is finally ready after almost two decades.

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Via Lactea project reveals a new view of the Milky Way

Our galaxy as you have never seen it before and a huge amount of important scientific data to better understand its behavior and evolution.

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Takeaway: the star factory

The Via Lactea project has created the largest database on the Milky Way The data was collected by the Herschel telescope with more than 900 hrs of observations.

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Mars crash images provide new detail on Schiaparelli's failed landing bid

New pictures have emerged claiming to shed light on Europe’s failed bid to land a spacecraft on Mars.

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ExoMars: ESA's Mars lander crashed and destroyed on the Red Planet

The European Space Agency has said that the missing European space probe on Mars fell to the surface of the Red Planet from a height of two to four kilometres and was destroyed on…

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Destination Mars, episode 9: Schiaparelli's plunge, the methane mystery and the search for life

The ExoMars team had their hearts in their mouths as the Schiaparelli probe went missing just as the TGO mothership swept into a perfectly timed orbit.

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Still no word on Europe's Mars lander - but ESA hails mission a success

The European Space Agency (ESA) is hailing its ExoMars mission a success despite mystery over the fate of a lander supposed to have touched down on the Red…

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Mystery remains over fate of European Mars lander Schiaparelli

The fate of a European probe supposed to have touched down on Mars on Wednesday remains a mystery.

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LIVE: what happened to the Mars landing Schiaparelli probe?

Scientists are scrambling to confirm the status of the European lander which was due to have landed on the Red Planet's surface, after contact was lost during its descent.