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How could life survive on tidally locked planets?
By Paul Sutter published
Space mysteries Astronomers are especially interested in the habitability of these kinds of planets, which always face their star with the same side, because they are incredibly common in the universe.
On This Day in Space: April 21, 1997: 1st space funeral launches on 'Founders Flight'
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On April 21, 1997, the cremated remains of 24 people were launched into space in the first-ever space funeral.
Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
By Fabian Klenner published
As a planetary scientist and astrobiologist who studies ice grains from Enceladus, I'm interested in whether there is life on this or other icy moons. I also want to understand how scientists like me could detect it.
Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space, dies at 72
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72.
NASA satellite's 'shocking' space junk near-miss was even closer than thought
By Mike Wall published
The Feb. 28 encounter between NASA's TIMED satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft was even closer than first thought — a mere 33 feet (10 meters) or so, NASA officials said.
NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts will put a moonquake detector on lunar surface
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA is building a moonquake detector for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission, in hopes of learning more about lunar tremors and the internal structure of the moon.
Private space-junk probe to conduct up-close inspection of spent rocket stage
By Andrew Jones published
The mission aims to assist the later removal of spunk junk, an issue that threatens the sustainable use of orbital space above the Earth.
Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025
By Tereza Pultarova published
Japan will test solar power transmission from space in 2025 with a miniature space-based photoelectric plant that will wirelessly transmit energy from low Earth orbit to Earth.
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