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Your complete guide to the brightest planetary moments of 2026.

"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and human exploration and how we do these best together."

Explore Nostradamus's chilling 2026 predictions of global conflict, technological upheaval, and the West's declining influence, as ancient prophecies spark modern debate about what lies ahead.

Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. And apparently, on Venus, there's a lot of hair... everywhere. There can never be enough toilet rolls. Cars are filled with car wrappers from 2015. And furniture is constantly being rearranged. These are just some of the things men revealed when asked,…

2026 promises to be an exciting year for space missions. From the ‘year of the Moon’ to discovering ‘the history of the entire solar system,’ here is what to look out for.

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Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential uses in biotechnology and medicine.

Here are the best lunar events to see in 2026, including eclipses, supermoons and conjunctions.

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don’t yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology, or when the first primitive life forms appeared.

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look skyward, where a new lunar contest mirrors humanity’s struggle to live within planetary limits

This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.