Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, the car-sized spacecraft launched from Florida to begin its journey
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Parker Solar Probe: NASA’s Sun-skimming spacecraft
Things are heating up at NASA as Solar Probe Plus prepares to take a plunge into the Sun
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: Sally Ride
Why the first American woman in space will be remembered forever.
Space Exploration
Kepler finds 80 exoplanet candidates in astonishing record time
The haul includes a particular standout: a likely planet that orbits the star HD 73344, which would be the brightest planet host ever discovered by the mission
Solar System
Could a human survive on the surface of Mercury?
How hospitable is Mercury to life?
Space Exploration
Watch LIVE: NASA launches its mission to Mars
Wherever you are in the world, don’t miss the blast off of NASA’s InSight by tuning into our livestream
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NASA gets stuck into building its next Mars rover
In just a few years, one of the space agency’s next big missions will be flying to the Red Planet
Space Exploration
NASA needs you! Help nickname New Horizons’ next flyby target
The team behind the Pluto mission is looking for your ideas on what to informally name its next flyby destination, a billion miles past the dwarf planet
Space Exploration
Goodbye, LISA Pathfinder: ESA deactivates gravitational wave mission
The spacecraft has been switched off as planned on the evening of 18 July, ending its successful mission which surpassed all expectations
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Sir Trevor McDonald interviews first astronauts to land on MARS
The newsreader spoke with the Daedalus crew, days before they became the first men and women to head for the Red Planet
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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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Rosetta mission to descend on comet’s active pits
The thrilling mission will culminate with a descent on 30 September towards a region of active pits on 67P’s ‘head’
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Juno Update: NASA releases first images of Jupiter from spacecraft
The first-ever images of the gas giant’s north pole can now be seen
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Rosetta solves the mystery of how comets are born
Detailed analysis of data collected by the ESA mission show that they are the ancient leftovers of early Solar System formation
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Watch LIVE: SpaceX launch of Eutelsat satellites from Cape Canaveral
The private space company will launch two communications satellites at approximately 10:29am ET on board a Falcon 9 rocket
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Astronomers find small Neptunes orbiting “in step” around star
The exoplanets are nestled close to their star, orbiting in a unique resonance that has been locked in for billions of years
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Space weather satellite gets greenlit for 2017 launch
NASA’s newest space weather research satellite, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, is on course for a summer 2017 liftoff
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Win one of five signed copies of Into the Black!
As part of our 50th issue celebrations, we’ve got five copies of the best-selling aviation adventure to give away
Space Exploration
Will there be other missions to Pluto?
With the success of New Horizons, will the dwarf planet be a target for more spacecraft in the future?
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Cassini gets closest ever views of Saturn’s moon Enceladus
NASA’s spacecraft has begun returning its best-ever views of the northern extremes of Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon