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Kepler space telescope

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed – again

Space

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed – again

The James Webb Space Telescope, which will hunt for signs of life on other worlds, was supposed to launch next year. It has now been delayed to May 2020

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Start-up accused of launching mini satellites without permission

Space

Start-up accused of launching mini satellites without permission

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Jupiter

Space

Stunning shot of Jupiter's swirling storms taken by Juno camera

Regulars

NASA’s huge planet-hunting space telescope likely delayed again

Space

NASA’s huge planet-hunting space telescope likely delayed again

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Centre of the Milky Way

Physics

Why 2018 is looking like it will be the year of the black hole

Comment

dummy astronaut

Space

Was SpaceX launch about progress in space, or just a giant ad?

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Tiangong-1 space station

Space

China's reckless attitude to space debris needs to change

Comment

Tesla car with Earth as backdrop

Space

Is Elon Musk's playboy space odyssey really the future we want?

Analysis

Tesla Roadster inside Falcon Heavy

Space

SpaceX set to launch massive Falcon Heavy rocket for first time

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solar panels

Space

Delicate solar panels of Martian lander are tested before launch

The arrays are due to open for real in November to power a two-year mission to probe the guts of Mars and reveal how rocky planets' core, mantle and crust form

Regulars

Space

Seeing SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket take off for the first time

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Space

Google-sponsored race to the moon has ended without a winner

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Space

Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

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Space

We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

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