Check out the final moments of the comet chaser – in pictures
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Rosetta releases final images before comet landing
Space Exploration
Watch LIVE: Rosetta’s grand finale as orbiter heads for comet crash
The spacecraft will join lander Philae on the surface of Comet 67P, bringing its 13 year mission to a close
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Hot cocoon surrounding newborn star spotted for the first time
The discovery marks the first important step for observational studies of extragalactic hot molecular cores and challenges the hidden chemical diversity of our universe
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Low-mass Jupiter-like objects provide planetary formation clues
Astronomers can now better chart the way planetary systems, including our own Solar System, are born and change over time
Space Exploration
Watch LIVE: Elon Musk announces new plans to colonise Mars
The CEO of SpaceX will reveal how he intends to build a human settlement on the Red Planet
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Mercury found to have active plate tectonics
New imagery shows geologic features that indicate the tiny planet is still contracting today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet in our Solar System
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Possible water vapour plumes spotted erupting from Europa
Missions may be able to sample the Jupiter moon’s ocean without having to drill through miles of ice
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Astronomers find simple solution to complicated black hole merger
Physicists have demonstrated that what occurs on the space-time boundary of the two merging objects can be simply explained – at least when black holes collide
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Astronomers explore the “Golden Age” of the universe with ALMA
Scientists have explored the distant corner of the universe first revealed in the iconic images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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Origins of comet’s ‘summer fireworks’ traced by Rosetta
In the three months centred around 67P’s closest approach to the Sun, the spacecraft’s cameras captured 34 outbursts
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Slooh astronomers capture newfound comet before it disappears
The icy object had been close to the Sun since its discovery on 11 September, making it extremely difficult to observe
Space Exploration
VIDEO: This is what happened when the Space Shuttle fired its thrusters in space
It created a bit of a bumpy ride for the astronauts inside!
Astronomy
VIDEO: Watch footage of last night’s massive fireball streaking across the UK
The UK Meteor Network recorded a stunning large meteor from its Ash Vale camera in Surrey
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New Horizons Update: ‘Dead Sea’ ocean suspected under Pluto’s ‘heart’
A giant asteroid impact in the dwarf planet’s past offers new insights into the possibility of a 100-kilometre body of water beneath its surface
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Win a Visionary Mira Ceti telescope worth £300!
With shorter days and longer nights just around the corner, we’ve got the telescope that’s ideal for observing the wonders of the night sky
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Astronomers discover space ‘has no sense of direction’
The universe is expanding uniformly according to new research by astronomers at University College London
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New Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered around a pair of stars
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the existence of a planet orbiting the OGLE-2007-BLG-349 system
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Astronomers find ‘impossible’ frozen cloud on Titan
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud on Saturn’s largest moon could possibly be similar to one seen over Earth’s poles
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Ancient Mars’ lakes formed much later than initially thought
Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams appeared roughly a billion years after a well-documented, earlier era of wet conditions
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Astronomers shed more light on Pluto’s heart-shaped ‘iceberg’
What is the origin of the large nitrogen glacier on Pluto revealed by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015?