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Smallest-ever star discovered

The smallest-ever star has been discovered, a mini version of our Sun about as big as the planet Saturn.

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China: Heavy-lift rocket launch fails in flight

After what seemed to be a textbook lift-off, an anomaly was detected authorities say

02/07/2017

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Spacewalk legend Leonov's plunge into the unknown

Alexei Leonov, cosmonaut and first man to walk in space describes what it was like to be the first to drift free in the empty ocean of space around him.

29/06/2017

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Cassini-Huygens's extraordinary journey around Saturn

The Cassini-Huygens mission has landed a probe on Titan, discovered an icy ocean on Enceladus, and is right now flying between the rings of Saturn and the planet itself. We head to the UK to find out

25/05/2017

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NASA's Cassini flies inside Saturn's rings and beams back images

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has taken a trip through Saturn’s rings for the first time – and has been back in touch with Earth.

27/04/2017

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Life beyond earth? Try Saturn's moon Enceladus

Is there life on Enceladus?

14/04/2017

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It is rocket science: Avio launches on Milan stock exchange

Italian rocket engine maker Avio launches its shares on the Milan exchange, raising money to better compete against rivals SpaceX and Blue Origin.

10/04/2017

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Interactive map: Where do you look for life on Mars?

Where do you hunt for life on Mars? This interactive video map of the red planet sets out the top landing sites being considered right now by ESA and NASA for their missions in 2020.

31/03/2017

USA

SpaceX to send first tourists around the moon

SpaceX is to launch a tourist trip around the moon next year.

28/02/2017

USA

Newly-discovered Earth-sized exoplanets could host life

Astronomers announce the discovery of seven earth-sized planets orbiting a star just 40 light years away from our solar system.

22/02/2017

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The icy mysteries of Pluto

This edition of Space takes you to the furthest reaches of our solar system, to the dwarf planet Pluto.

16/02/2017

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Five reasons why Yuri Gagarin is a legend of space

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew to space In 1961.

16/02/2017

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Legends of Space, episode 2: Yuri Gagarin

On April 12, 1961 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, an achievement that marks the beginning of human spaceflight and was humanity’s first step into the…

16/02/2017

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Six reasons why Huygens is a Legend of Space

The Huygens probe touched down on Titan in January 2005.

02/02/2017

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What is 'Legends of Space'?

Legends of Space celebrates the greatest moments in space exploration, from Sputnik to Rosetta.

01/02/2017

USA

NASA remembers Challenger and Apollo 1 disasters

31-years ago the Challenger Space shuttle broke apart little more than a minute after taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

28/01/2017

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Hunting earth-like exoplanets

In this edition of Space, Euronews correspondent Jeremy Wilks reports from the Observatory of Geneva – home to experts in exoplanets, the name given to planets outside our solar…

26/01/2017

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Legends of Space, episode 1: Huygens touches down on Titan

The Legends of Space series celebrates the greatest moments in space exploration, from Sputnik to Rosetta.

26/01/2017

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NASA reveals what it might be like to land Pluto

What would it be like to land on Pluto?

25/01/2017

USA

Last man on the moon Gene Cernan dies at 82

Gene Cernan last man on the moon dies at 82

16/01/2017