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A story to eclipse all others - the first time in 99 years the US goes dark from coast to coast

Millions of people across 14 states stood and waited for a rare and rather spectacular total solar eclipse

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#Eclipse2017: a guide to staring at the shadow of the sun

On August 21st a total solar eclipse will sweep across the United States from coast-to-coast.

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Why is it so hard to detect dark matter?

Euronews has spoken to Euclid project scientist René Laureijs and CERN particle physicist Caterina Doglioni to find out why dark matter is it so hard to get a glimpse of dark matter.

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Voyaging back into space at 60: Paolo Nespoli

The Italian astronaut is about to embark on his third space mission, this time to the International Space Station.

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The Apollo Missions: Legends of Space

Franck de Winne, Head of the European Astronaut Centre, talks about the impact of the Apollo missions.

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Smallest-ever star discovered

The smallest-ever star has been discovered, a mini version of our Sun about as big as the planet Saturn.

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Facing the furnace: BepiColombo mission to visit Mercury

ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission is preparing to visit Mercury, a mysterious planet the size of the Moon and as hot as a pizza oven

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Cassini-Huygens's extraordinary journey around Saturn

The Cassini-Huygens mission has landed a probe on Titan, discovered an icy ocean on Enceladus, and is right now flying between the rings of Saturn and the planet itself. We head to the UK to find out

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New Inmarsat satellite in orbit

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched into space an Inmarsat communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday (May…

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[Watch] the glow of Europe by night from Space

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has published a new video of Europe from the International Space Station by night.

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Growing problem of space debris could hinder future exploration

Scientists are voicing concern about the growing danger of space debris spinning around our planet.

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Looking at Earth as a planet

What defines Earth as a planet? We're visit a Roman aqueduct and a satellite control centre to find out in this episode of Space.

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Asteroid poised to make close fly-by of Earth

A large asteroid is poised to make a close pass to Earth on April 19.

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Remembering Early Bird the satellite that changed how we communicate

On April 6, 1965 the first commercial communications satellite, Early Bird was launched into orbit.

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Exoplanets hint at a Milky Way packed with orbs that resemble Earth

Second Earth when and not if says NASA

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4 Reasons why the discovery of the Trappist-1 star system is important

NASA announced the discovery of seven planets that could host life like on Earth.

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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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Five reasons why Yuri Gagarin is a legend of space

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew to space In 1961.

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NASA reveals what it might be like to land Pluto

What would it be like to land on Pluto?

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This week meet the Quadrantids: 2017's first meteor shower

If you've missed the fireworks of the New Year, don't fret. Mother Nature will give you another opportunity to start 2017 with stars in your eyes