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Space Exploration

Do spacecraft slow down when they leave Earth’s atmosphere?

Find out what happens when a spacecraft manages to break through the atmosphere

Space Exploration

Is it possible for a spacecraft to be self-sustaining?

A craft with this ability would need to rely on plant life being able to flourish in space

Space Exploration

New Horizons Update: Spacecraft takes inside course for Ultima Thule rendezvous

With no apparent hazards in its way, NASA’s mission has been given a “go” to stay on its optimal path to the Kuiper Belt Object

Deep Space

How are pulsars used to identify our position in space?

Read on to find out how these beacons of electromagnetic radiation act like GPS satellites

Space Exploration

Can astronauts land on a comet?

Sophie Allan at the National Space Centre looks at whether astronauts can land on the surface of comets – our Solar System’s travelling space snowballs

Space Exploration

Kepler retires from exoplanet-hunting duties

The space telescope has ran out of the fuel needed to advance on its already-impressive nine years of service

Solar System

Liquid water ‘lake’ found on Mars

Radar data points to a pond buried under layers of ice and dust in the south polar region of the Red Planet

Space Exploration

Jupiter moon’s ‘radiation shower’ could help in hunt for life

New comprehensive mapping of the radiation pummelling icy Europa reveals where scientists should look

Space Exploration

New Horizons Update: New global maps of Pluto and Charon released

Now, thanks to the efforts of the team behind the spacecraft, the first official validated topographical maps published and are available to all

Solar System

Complex molecules found on Saturn’s Enceladus, requirements for life met

Using mass spectrometry data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists found that large, carbon-rich organic molecules are ejected from cracks in the icy surface of the moon

Space Exploration

Why do spacecraft need heat shields to enter Earth but not to leave it?

The science of re-entry explained

Space Exploration

Voyager 1 fires up its thrusters for the first time in almost 40 years

NASA’s farthest and fastest spacecraft is the only human-made object that has reached beyond the comfort of our Solar System

Solar System

Enceladus’ ‘loose’ core heats up subsurface ocean

This study explains a number of key characteristics of the icy moon that was observed by the Cassini spacecraft

Space Exploration

New Mars 2020 rover will include twenty-three cameras

This will bring a new perspective to landing, navigating around and studying the surface of the Red Planet

Solar System

Jupiter’s ‘light show’ found to pulsate at its poles

By observing the X-ray emissions from the Jovian planet, scientists speculate that the planet’s magnetic field could be causing unusual aurora

News

FREE PREVIEW: All About Space issue 69

No-nonsense astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals his thoughts on the universe, fears for the American space program and George R. R. Martin – available now!

Space Exploration

Juno Update: Spacecraft captures Jupiter’s Great Red Spot up close

The new shots of the gas giant’s famous feature reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval

News

Cassini finds ‘surprisingly empty’ gap in Saturn’s ring

As the spacecraft plunges through the gap between the gas giant and its rings, mission members are shocked by the latest finding

News

Cassini spacecraft captures Earth-Moon system through Saturn’s rings

A new image from the NASA mission shows our planet as a point of light

News

LISA Pathfinder to be used as ‘comet crumb’ detector

The mission has successfully demonstrated critical technologies needed to build a space-based observatory capable of detecting slight ripples in space-time

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