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Astronomy
Astronomy
Space Exploration
Watch LIVE: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 blasts Earth Observation satellite into orbit
The PAZ satellite will blast off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, but you can watch it from anywhere in the world right here
Solar System
Different conditions for microbes existed in same Martian lake, Curiosity rover finds
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another
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Postponed Mars mission gets approval for 2018 launch
NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior of the Red Planet
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Rare relic of the early Milky Way discovered
A fossilised remnant of our galaxy, harbouring stars of hugely different ages, has been found
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Cassini captures Titan’s dunes and other surface features in new images
New scenes from a frigid alien landscape are coming to light in recent radar images of Saturn’s largest moon
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Space telescopes capture black hole belching a massive flare
The strange behaviour of black holes has become somewhat less mysterious recently, according to NASA’s Swift spacecraft and NuSTAR satellite
Space Exploration
How far can we send a spacecraft before we lose contact with it?
We take a look at the communications involved with spacecraft making their way out of the Solar System