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Oumuamua: Comet or Alien Solar Probe? | Euronews answers

Harvard-based researchers say a mystery object traveling through space could be a spacecraft sent towards the Earth by an alien civilisation.

06/11/2018

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Neil Armstrong astronaut memorabilia auction lifts off

Space enthusiasts spend more than $4 million in just the first day of an auction of Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s personal collection of memorabilia.

03/11/2018

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#AskSpace | LIVE from Facebook: a special edition

#AskSpace | Could humans travel at the speed of light? What are the health consequences of staying in space for more than a year? Could you ride a bike on the Moon? Euronews' Jeremy Wilks and ESA's systems engineer Tiago Soares answered the questions LIVE on Facebook.

31/10/2018

United Arab Emirates

First Emirati-made satellite launched into space

KhalifaSat, the first-ever Emirati-manufactured satellite successfully launched into space from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre on October 29.

29/10/2018

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Meet the man behind 2001: A Space Odyssey's visual effects

50 years on, one of the key players behind the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey has rewatched his visual effects work alongside an audience of 2,000 people in the French city of Lyon.

19/10/2018

World News

Europe's space mission to Mercury begins

By the time it reaches its science orbit in 2026, the probe will have travelled nine billion kms and completed nine planetary flybys past Earth, Venus and Mercury.

19/10/2018

World

Astronauts make emergency landing as engine fails on Soyuz rocket

Russian officials are investigating the cause of a booster problem that forced a Soyuz rocket capsule to make an emergency landing just after launch

12/10/2018

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Crew stuck on International Space Station 'essentially marooned'

Renowned Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says the three people stuck on the International Space Station are essentially 'marooned' there for a while.

11/10/2018

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Soyuz makes emergency landing after booster problems end space mission

Soyuz makes emergency landing after booster problems end space mission

11/10/2018

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Ever wondered what's out there? Now's your chance to #AskSpace

Our Space reporter, Jeremy Wilks, puts all your questions about space to guest expert, Tiago Soares, a European Space Agency systems engineer, in a Facebook Live. With thanks to Scientix for gathering questions from students across Europe to mark World Space Week.

08/10/2018

World

Astronomers may have found first moon outside Earth's Solar System

Astronomers believe they may have found the first compelling evidence for a moon outside of our Solar System - orbiting a gigantic planet 8,000 light years from Earth.

04/10/2018

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Touch down! European-made lander reaches Ryugu asteroid

A lander called Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT), deployed from its mothership, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, has landed on the asteroid Rzugu.

03/10/2018

World News

European lander prepares to reach Ryugu asteroid

The MASCOT lander departed Earth four years ago and travelled some 320 million kms.

02/10/2018

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Satellite captures space junk in world's first

Around 7,600 tonnes of debris float around Earth posing a real threat to operational satellites.

21/09/2018

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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to become first space tourist

Maezawa is scheduled to travel to the Moon in 2023 on board SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket.

18/09/2018

World

SpaceX reveals identity of first private passenger on moon flight

SpaceX revealed the identity of the first private passenger who has signed up to go to the moon.

18/09/2018

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NASA using laser to map Earth's ice coverage

The U.S. has sent a satellite into space that will use laser technology to map the Earth's ice coverage and assess the impact of global warming

15/09/2018

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Musk’s SpaceX signs up first private passenger to fly around the moon

The company will reveal who is flying and why on Monday.

14/09/2018

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Instaquiz: your questions answered

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18/08/2018

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Watch: Meteor shower lights up European skies

The "Perseids" meteor shower streaks across the skies each August, and are best seen in the Northern Hemisphere.

13/08/2018