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Trash to treasure: NASA wants innovative space recycling projects

NASA is challenging the public to come up with ways to recycle the material waste created in deep space.

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A new star could explode any day now. Here's what you need to know

Astronomers are waiting for T Coronae Borealis, a nova 3,000 light-years away, to explode for the first time in almost 80 years.

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Is EU's first space commissioner launched on low-orbit mission?

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's second term will see the first-ever commissioner for defence and space. But his mission and support do not match the recognition seen at the policy level, analysts and industry representatives argue.

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State-of-the-art reproduction of Moon's surface in Europe

Europe is seeking to place itself at the forefront of missions to the Moon with a facility covering almost 1,000 square metres that reproduces the lunar surface to train astronauts for future missions.

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Earth set to gain a 'mini-moon' as an asteroid enters our orbit

Researchers say that an asteroid will begin orbiting Earth this weekend and will be in orbit around the planet until November.

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Soyuz capsule returns from ISS with record-breaking cosmonauts

Onboard the capsule were cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub who broke the record for the longest continuous stay at the space station.

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Could these Google-funded satellites help detect wildfires faster?

FireSat, a satellite constellation, is designed to detect and manage even small wildfires more effectively.

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The EU's new defence commissioner is open to eurobonds

Lithuanian commissioner hopeful Andrius Kubilius told Euronews he's urgently looking to raise billions - including via the controversial idea of joint borrowing.

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How and where to catch Wednesday's lunar eclipse in Europe

The partial lunar eclipse will occur in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday and will be visible in Europe. Here's what you need to know.

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Billionaire spacewalker returns to Earth in SpaceX capsule

Jared Isaacman returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone else since NASA’s moonwalkers.

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SpaceX launches rocket carrying 116 satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Transporter 11 group of satellites flew to orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday.

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Mars and Jupiter get close in conjunction this week

The planets won't get this close to each other again until 2033.

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Missy Elliott song sent to space: A brief history of ET music

After NASA broadcast the song 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)' into space, we look back at what other songs have entered the cosmos.

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Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully takes off

Ariane 6 has been in development for almost a decade with the aim of putting Europe's rockets on the map.

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Europe hopes to end 'launcher crisis' with planned Ariane 6 takeoff

The rocket is scheduled for a test flight on Tuesday 9 July between 8 pm and 12 midnight European time, but has faced several holdups along the way.

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Crew of NASA's simulated Mars mission exit habitat after a year

The simulated mission to Mars was part of NASA's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog project.

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What do EU capitals think about the French elections?

With France set for the polls in the first round of legislative elections on Sunday (30 June), Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National is leading the polls.

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NASA enhances weather observation with GOES-U satellite launch

NASA launched the GOES-U weather satellite on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center.

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Europe seeks solutions to remedy increase in space debris

Several EU countries, such as Germany and France, already have space laws, but Brussels will present the first European Space Law in the coming months.

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China brings back first samples from far side of the Moon

The probe landed in northern China on Tuesday.