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Bernard Harris : The former NASA astronaut
talks diversity, space exploration and our
return to the Moon, Perseverance: NASA’s
new mission to Mars: The rover that’s about to begin a fascinating hunt for life on the Red Planet...

China's Chang'e 5 lands on the Moon, collects first lunar sample

China has landed on the Moon again, and this time the country plans to bring home some souvenirs. Chang’e 5, China’s first sample-return mission, successfully touched down on 1 December near Mons Rümker, a lunar mountain located in the Ocean of Storms, or Oceanus Procellarum. The probe deployed its solar array and antenna soon after to begin its work.

1 min

Newfound ‘Kraken merger' may have been the biggest collision in Milky Way history

The Milky Way has more than 100 billion stars, but it didn’t come by them all honestly.

1 min

Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may spout water plumes

Jupiter’s moon Europa may cough water into space from small pockets in its icy crust, a new study suggests. Europa, one of Jupiter’s four big Galilean moons, harbours a huge ocean of salty water beneath its ice shell and is widely regarded as one of the Solar System’s best bets to host alien life.

1 min

DARK MATTER - WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

It’s eluded us for decades, but bubbles could be the answer to the universe’s most mysterious substance

10+ mins

DR BERNARD HARRIS JR. - “WE STILL NEED TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY IN THE ASTRONAUT CORPS”

A veteran astronaut now serving as a flag bearer for STEM education, Dr Bernard Harris Jr. speaks to All About Space about his time as a Space Shuttle astronaut, coloured representation in the current astronaut corps and whether he’d still like to go to the Moon

10 mins

Arecibo Observatory

Prior to its decommissioning and sudden collapse, this huge dish made many invaluable contributions to astronomy

7 mins

SPACE EXPLORATION - Will the International Space Station ever be replaced?

The short answer? Yes, most definitely.

1 min

Moon tour - Schiller

To start off the New Year, spot one of the strangest-shaped craters on the Moon

3 mins

Deep sky challenge - Little-known treasures of Taurus

There’s more to the Bull than the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters – just look a little deeper

2 mins

Celestron Cometron FirstScope 76

Designed with the beginner or casual astronomer in mind, this tabletop telescope is portable, provides good views and doesn’t take up too much space

4 mins

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