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Headlines proclaiming the rise of a new “space race” between the U.S. and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent years. Experts have pointed to China’s rapid advancements in space as evidence of an emerging landscape where China is directly competing with…

Mercury retrograde April 2023 is in Taurus and runs into May and as the planet of communication turns backward you'd better be ready

Europe's JUICE and NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will soon launch to Jupiter to study its icy and possibly habitable moons.

New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal the grisly past of Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way.

SpaceX's massive new Starship vehicle launches toward Mars in a stunning new video that captures the ambition of Elon Musk's deep-space vision.

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Starting this June, four volunteers will spend a year pretending to live on the red planet inside the Mars Dune Alpha habitat

Chinese scientists have held their first conference dedicated to discussing plans to build a crewed base on the moon.

US officials can nominate a chosen text for their ceremonies and have sworn on everything from the US constitution to a Dr Seuss book.

The nearly complete skull of a 95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur named "Ann" found in western Queensland has unearthed new insights into how the massive creature lived.