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Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Space

Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Forty years ago, the Viking mission set the stage for real science in space – and without a human in sight. The Smithsonian pays tribute

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Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft is released by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm

Space

Watch a Cygnus spacecraft burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere

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Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

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china rocket launch

Space

China plans for space station with most powerful rocket launch

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I tried out being a space trucker in a Dream Chaser mini-shuttle

Space

I tried out being a space trucker in a Dream Chaser mini-shuttle

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Hubble spots a new long-lived storm raging on Neptune

Space

Hubble spots a new long-lived storm raging on Neptune

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Carlo Rovelli

Physics

You can touch the heart of physics without doing the hard bits

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A space station in orbit

Space

China wants to share its new space station with the world

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The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

Space

The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

A new study says Hubble's successor could spot alien life on three new exoplanets. Should NASA be doing more? Or is it right to focus on other priorities?

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Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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Technology

Carbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground

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Space

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

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Space

Gravity probe LISA Pathfinder achieves best ever free fall

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