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Venus wouldn’t attract much attention if it were outside our solar system. Its skies are filled with sulphuric acid, its land abounds with extinct volcanoes and its surface is mostly red hot lava.
Several current programs aim at sending humans back to the Moon. What would be the purpose, and what are the real prospects?
Rappers have been taking listeners on lyrical journeys to outer space for decades. A hip-hop scholar says their music helps inspire more students to pursue careers among the stars.
After the Chinese Zhurong’s successful landing, we look at the previous Mars missions that have tried, and sometimes failed.
Biak inhabitants fear a new space project of Elon Musk, if it goes ahead, will damage their environment, cultures and livelihoods, and potentially displace local communities.
China’s leading role in the new space race could have a positive effect on geopolitics and science alike.
On May 17 China will attempt to land its first rover on Mars.
The Ingenuity is a drone-like helicopter that completed its first flight on Mars. This achievement reflects a new horizon for space exploration, as new places are discovered and studied.
High levels of cognitive performance and effective teamwork are crucial to long-duration space missions.
Perseverance follows in the tracks of Curiosity. The latter’s touchdown on Martian soil in 2012 marked the first successful use of several pioneering space technologies.
If China succeeds, it will be the first country ever to visit and land on Mars on its first try.
India has already managed what China has not.
SpaceX is due to test fly its Starship in the coming days.
Artificial intelligence can help us venture further in space.
India may land on the Moon this coming year, while Nasa will launch its new, powerful rocket farther into space than any other human rated spacecraft.
Starship’s groundbreaking design will help it land safely on Mars one day.
Companies and space agencies alike will have to compete for very few useful sites on the Moon.
It is becoming increasingly clear that there is plenty of brine on Mars.
Researchers have spotted millions of galaxies in the most detailed radio survey of the southern sky ever conducted. It has smashed previous records for survey speed.
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science and Planetary Exploration, University of Stirling
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow/Reader in Planetary Physics, Lancaster University
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
