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Spacewalking astronauts manage possible ammonia leak

Spacewalking astronauts worked to avoid getting toxic ammonia on their suits from the International Space Station's external cooling system on Saturday.

Travel News

Space hurricane over the North Pole caught on camera

A swirling mass of plasma that rains electrons instead of water was caught on satellite in 2014, but the images have only just been uncovered.

Travel News

The first space hotel could open its doors sooner than you think

Sleeping among the stars could become a long haul excursion in just six years.

Japan

Japanese billionaire seeks eight creatives for paid-for moon flight

Yusaku Maezawa and his guests could become the first lunar voyagers since the last Apollo mission in 1972.

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Eco-Innovation

Are the Earth’s shifting magnetic fields causing climate change?

Bold new research claims that atmospheric changes more than 40,000 years ago could be related to the climate crisis.

France

‘My only chance is with Elon Musk’: Quadruple amputee dreams of space

Philippe Croizon, a quadruple amputee that has since become an accomplished athlete, dreams to become the first handicapped person in outer space.

Eco-Innovation

‘Dark vessels’ are being tracked from space to stop illegal fishing

Satellite technology is being brought in to help combat problems with unregulated fishing in coastal nations.

World

Hungary prepares their candidate for orbit after ESA recruitment drive

The European Space Agency is currently recruiting astronauts from EU member states - and one country is serious about getting their candidate amongst the stars.

World News

'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.

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.

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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.