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ISS crew return to Earth

Three International Space Station crew members have landed back on Earth in the snows of Kazakhstan. A capsule carrying NASA astronaut Kjell

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LISA Pathfinder to seek out Einstein's gravity waves, reveal true universe

From the Guiana spaceport near Kourou, just five degrees north of the equator, our correspondent Claudio Rosmino waited with baited breath for

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Russia: All-female space crew emerge from moon mission experiment

It was ‘one small step for man…one giant leap for gender equality’ when a team of Russian women emerged from a mock spaceship in Moscow on Friday

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Staring at the sun – in high-definition

NASA has released high-definition images of the sun taken by its space-based telescope, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). It takes a

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The ISS in numbers: 15 things it has improved on Earth

Today marks an important milestone in the history of humanity in space. For the last 15 years, human beings have continuously inhabited the

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Rosetta mission finds oxygen on comet 67P

The Rosetta mission has detected oxygen on comet 67P, a discovery that could change our understanding of how the solar system formed.

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Trick or Treat? NASA spots an unexpected asteroid flyby this Halloween!

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Unlocking the secrets of the Jupiter's Icy Moons

In this edition of Space we set a course for Jupiter, destination of the next European Space Agency mission JUICE. The aim of JUICE (JUpiter ICy moon

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Moonstruck: ESA and Russia to launch new mission

The European and Russian space agencies are to send a lander to an unexplored area at the Moon’s south pole. It will be one of a series of missions

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New Horizons finds blue skies and water ice on Pluto

The first colour images of Pluto’s atmospheric hazes, returned by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft last week, reveal that the hazes are blue. “Who

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Rosetta: duck comet is double bill

The rubber duck-shaped comet being tracked by Europe’s Rosetta probe is in fact a double bill. Scientists say data from the probe shows the comet

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NASA discovers evidence of "liquid briny water" flowing on Mars

NASA is set to announce a “major” new discovery on Mars, reported to be liquid water on the red planet. Follow the press conference with euronews.

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Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan

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China looks skywards with construction of huge telescope

A radio telescope, with a receiving surface the size of 30 football pitches, is being constructed in China. After five years of work, costing 176

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emrates leads way with planned mission to Mars

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Nasa releases stunning new images of Pluto

Nasa has released a number of stunning colour photographs of the planet Pluto. The pictures have been compiled from four images from the New

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NASA camera offers fresh perspective on Earth

A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite has returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles

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Pluto: is the planet geologically active?

There are signs that Pluto is geologically active. Images relayed by the first spacecraft to visit the planet show icy plains covered in uniform

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NASA probe "phones home" after surviving flyby with Pluto

Scientists cheer with relief when New Horizons probe makes radio contact with mission control after being silent for 22 hours following its flyby of Pluto.