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Hubble at 30: Take a look back at some of the telescope’s best images

The Hubble Space Telescope turned 30 on Friday, and to mark the occasion Hubble released a fittingly awesome image.

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Bored amid lockdown? Look skyward tonight for a special meteor shower

The annual natural wonder is back! At the peak of the meteor shower, the sky is set to fill with up to 20 shooting stars per hour.

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Effects of coronavirus spread to solar system as space missions paused

Spacecraft flying around Mars and on their way to the Sun are being placed on standby as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic spread into the solar system

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Asteroid approaching Earth will not annihilate humanity

Scientists say that sensational headlines about an asteroid approaching Earth in April are misleading.

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'Exceptional' black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101

Katherine Johnson was eventually portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers.

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Solar Orbiter launches from Cape Canaveral for journey to the sun

The Solar Orbiter, a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, has launched. The mission aims to give close-up views of the Sun's polar regions and observe its magnetic activity.

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NASA astronauts complete space-walk to fix cosmic ray detector

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) has been capturing high-energy cosmic rays to help research on 'dark matter' and the mysterious dark energy that is speeding up the expansion of the cosmos.

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Watch: Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully tests emergency capsule

The test comes ahead of SpaceX's first transport of astronauts to the International Space Station.

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Boeing space capsule returns to Earth after aborted mission

Barely half an hour after lanching from Cape Canaveral on Friday, the Starliner ended up in the wrong orbit.

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Astronaut Luca Parmitano talks water recycling in space

"On the space station, we already recover 95% of the water onboard," explains Euronews space correspondent and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.

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Watch live: Astronauts Parmitano and Morgan fix cosmic ray detector

Did you think a cosmic ray detector was only found in Sci-Fi? Watch these two guys walk in space to fix one!

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Watch live: First all-female spacewalk underway

The first-ever all-female spacewalk is underway. You can watch footage in the video player, above

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Watch: ISS astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan

Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin spent 203 days on the ISS, orbiting Earth 3,248 times and travelling 86.1 million miles. Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori was the first person from the UAE to fly in space.

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NASA captures black hole destroying a star the size of the Sun

The event took place 375 million light years from Earth.

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Space agencies in mission to deflect dangerous Earth-bound asteroids

NASA and ESA team up for mission to deflect dangerous Earth-bound asteroids

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Should we compare Amazon forest fires to those in central Africa?

We spoke to an expert to find out whether we should be more concerned about the ecological impact in Africa than South America.

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Astronauts prepare for takeoff on moon landing anniversary

Two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut have taken off from Kazakhstan in a Soyuz rocket headed for the International Space Station

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Moon landing 50th anniversary: The historic mission explained

Fifty years ago, history was made when humans took the first steps on the moon.

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Next mission to the moon to be a testing ground for Mars, says NASA

A mission to Mars could come as early as 2033, Bridenstine told reporters on Monday.

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Space leaders recall how the Apollo Moon landing gave them inspiration

To celebrate the anniversary, NASA has restored the old control room from which the Apollo-era flight directors oversaw the mission. It's a place of pilgrimage for their successors.