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Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Space

Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Forty years ago, the Viking mission set the stage for real science in space – and without a human in sight. The Smithsonian pays tribute

Culture

Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft is released by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm

Space

Watch a Cygnus spacecraft burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere

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Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

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A round, smooth lump of amber in which a fossilised wing can be seen

Life

Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs

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china rocket launch

Space

China plans for space station with most powerful rocket launch

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I tried out being a space trucker in a Dream Chaser mini-shuttle

Space

I tried out being a space trucker in a Dream Chaser mini-shuttle

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Hubble spots a new long-lived storm raging on Neptune

Space

Hubble spots a new long-lived storm raging on Neptune

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A space station in orbit

Space

China wants to share its new space station with the world

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Old flying car

Technology

Is Larry Page right, are we poised for a flying car revolution?

Comment

The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

Space

The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

A Mercury-sized exoplanet is being blown apart like a dandelion – and magnetic hotspots on its star could make things worse

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Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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Technology

Carbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground

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Space

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

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