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A private rocket mission aims to boost NASA’s Swift telescope before its orbit decays, extending its hunt for gamma-ray ...

In 1988, the Soviet Union launched two of its most ambitious spacecraft ever built not toward Mars itself, but toward one of ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

A Terracotta Army-inspired robot left visitors stunned after its leg fell off mid-dance in Shaanxi, China. Footage shows the ...

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Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other solar systems, even if that was not their original intention. Five robotic ...

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In ‘Disclosure Day’ the director reflects on how humanity would confront the discovery that we are not alone, something he is increasingly ‘convinced’ of ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...