Countdown begins to 520 day 'Mars mission'
Volunteers have started final training in Russia in preparation for being locked up in a capsule for 520 days to simulate the psychological effects of the voyage to Mars.
Plasma rocket to shorten space voyages
An innovative plasma rocket being built as a spare for one heading to the International Space Station may have a space mission of its own: visiting an asteroid.
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Fibre optics improve infrared astronomy
Australian astronomers have developed a small-scale fibre-optic instrument that could revolutionise the way astronomers use telescopes to observe the night sky.
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Martian meteorite back in spotlight
New analysis of a 13,000-year-old Mars meteorite, retrieved from Antarctica, has rekindled the debate about whether the ancient rock holds signs of past microbial Martian life...
Dust cloud hides complex star cluster
Astronomers peering into the centre of the Milky Way have found more evidence to support the theory that galaxies are formed through galactic cannibalism.
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LHC begins smashing particles
Two circulating beams have produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, three days after its restart.
In a statement, the
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