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Which companies will win the rush to the Moon?
Eight-year expedition to Psyche aims to shed light on Earth’s origins
Scientists hope rocks and dust taken from 4.7bn-year-old Bennu will provide clues to formation of solar system
US space agency may enlist ‘citizen scientists’ in drive to find out more about unexplained anomalous phenomena
Roscosmos has helped recruit a battalion to fight while sending cosmonauts into space alongside Nasa
Findings from US agencies serve as ‘call for action’ to mitigate against rising temperatures
US space agency’s test altered asteroid’s orbit by about 1%
Elon Musk’s fundraising skills are impressive but his ambitious goals may take longer than his timeline suggests
Uncrewed US spacecraft heads for lunar orbit in build-up to mid-decade astronaut landing
US space agency declares success in mission testing technology that could divert deadly objects
Nasa’s mission gives hope we can defend our planet but human nature and technology present risks of their own
Dart strikes target 11mn km away in test of new technology to protect Earth from future threats
Nasa is funding American companies to build commercial replacements for the trailblazing International Space Station
Technical problems have plagued rocket which the US hopes will take astronauts back to the moon in 2025
Last-minute scrub of Artemis rocket delays effort to return astronauts to lunar surface
As the costly Space Launch System prepares for its first mission, the industry is already moving into the next era
The success of two moonshot programmes should not be judged just by commercial criteria
We may be nostalgic about astronauts but our scientific abilities have leapfrogged our physical ones
Nasa’s translation of infrared light into colour is like making a digitally doctored photo of deep space
New pictures released as part of $10bn collaboration come as space agencies hail ‘dawn of a new era in astronomy’
Nasa’s gamble to issue contract to private sector could herald a radical change in costs of living and working in space
A failure to regulate low Earth orbit could have disastrous consequences
Dart planetary defence mission will inform future response to Armageddon-style threats
Agency warns over the impact of plan to launch 30,000 more satellites into orbit
The observatory atop a peak in the French Pyrenees offers the wonders of the night sky, followed by a challenging ski the next morning
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