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Will India Continue to Saturate Orbits With Lots of Satellites?

According to a US space expert, India which recently...

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What Have We Learnt About Exoplanets From the Kepler Mission?

Elizabeth Tasker 22/06/2017

NASA's Kepler Mission has identified thousands of exoplanets but...

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Unmanned US Military Space Plane Returns After Classified, Two-Year Mission

Irene Klotz 08/05/2017

The space plane took off in May 2015 and...

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Astronomers Spot Strange, Bow-Like Structure in Venus’s Atmosphere

Andrew Coates 17/01/2017

An enormous odd feature in Venus' cloud region presents...

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Why ‘Asgardia’ Is More Likely to Be a Pie in the Sky Than a Nation in Space

Monica Grady 15/10/2016

Asgardia is calling for unrestricted research but history has...

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To Boldly Go Toward New Frontiers, We First Need to Learn From Our Colonial Past

Alice Gorman 09/10/2016

Technology had enabled humans to explore the deep sea,...

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Watch: SpaceX Lands Rocket on a Floating Ship

The Wire Staff 11/04/2016

SpaceX landed a rocket on a floating barge and...