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July 30, 2026, 01:16 PM - 7 min read
By mapping the universe in unprecedented detail, the Roman telescope will provide a powerful test of our current understanding of cosmology – and potentially point the way to new physics.
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July 16, 2026, 01:58 PM - 9 min read
Peering into the distant past, the telescope has been revealing incredible new details of the early universe, galaxies, potentially habitable exoplanets and even familiar objects in our solar system.
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June 28, 2026, 06:18 PM - 5 min read
Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity. It needs to get to a higher, more stable orbit as soon as possible to survive.
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June 25, 2026, 04:00 PM - 5 min read
Amid all of these headlines out of the US, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact it isn’t the only major actor in space. While the US might be leading the current space race, other countries are close behind.
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June 24, 2026, 01:03 PM - 9 min read
Earth’s food would not necessarily be edible for them. Terrestrial protein might be of no use if their digestive systems used different amino acids. Our sugars might prove useless if their metabolism could not handle them. Our bacteria may devastate alien life – or perhaps not infect it at all.
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May 24, 2026, 01:53 PM - 7 min read
The idea of nuclear propulsion in space goes back to the cold war. But NASA has been pursuing it more aggressively since billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman took over as the agency’s chief in December 2025.
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May 17, 2026, 02:50 PM - 6 min read
Landing on the Moon can disturb its environment. Unlike Earth, the Moon has no biodiversity, climate as we typically think of it, or oceans. But it does have its own active environment. While the Moon may seem unchanging and indestructible, it is surprisingly sensitive to human activity.
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April 11, 2026, 09:03 AM - 2 min read
They spent ten days in space after lifting off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center last week, travelling farther from Earth than any humans in decades.
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April 7, 2026, 05:25 PM - 8 min read
Artemis is more than just a trip around the moon. It is part of a larger plan to return humans to the lunar surface, establish a permanent base and eventually prepare for missions to Mars. It envisages using the Moon as both a laboratory and a launch pad for future expeditions deep into space.
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April 7, 2026, 10:59 AM - 2 min read
The mission is currently expected to reach a pinnacle distance of approximately 252,756 miles from Earth before the crew begins their journey home.
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April 7, 2026, 08:44 AM - 3 min read
Earlier in the flight, the Artemis II team eclipsed the long-standing distance record established by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
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April 6, 2026, 06:16 PM - 3 min read
Artemis II astronauts entered the Moon’s orbit and are set to break the record for farthest human spaceflight, marking a key step in NASA’s lunar return mission.
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