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Watch live: briefings for next Space Station mission

Learn the latest about the launch of Crew-3 to the International Space Station during two virtual briefings this Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 October live on ESA Web TV Two.

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XVII: What is the “SETI-Paradox” Hypothesis?

Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi’s famous question, “Where Is Everybody?” Today, we examine the possibility that we haven’t heard from any aliens is because no one is transmitting!

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William Shatner's space launch on Blue Origin's New Shepard: When to watch and what to know

Here's everything you need to know about Blue Origin's launch of William Shatner and his crew on the New Shepard spacecraft on Oct. 12, 2021.

SETI Institute, Unistellar and Planetary Society partner to host World Space Week events for girls

The SETI Institute has partnered with Unistellar and The Planetary Society to host virtual World Space Week events that aim to inspire the next generation of female space explorers.

William Shatner's age will make him the oldest person to fly in space with Blue Origin launch

Now 90 years old, William Shatner will soon be the oldest person who's ever flown to space.

United Arab Emirates to launch bold asteroid mission in 2028

The United Arab Emirates aims to launch its second interplanetary mission in 2028, an ambitious mission to the asteroid belt that will conclude with a landing on a space rock.

Don't Postpone Joy: Why We Stargaze

Why do you stargaze? Amateur astronomer Jennifer Willis explores reconnection via the night sky.

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William Shatner eager to see 'vastness of space' when he launches with Blue Origin

The original "Star Trek" captain, William Shatner, is contemplating the "vastness of space" ahead of his real-life journey to the final frontier on Oct. 12.

Launch of Italian radar satellite shifts from Arianespace to SpaceX

File photo of a Falcon 9 launch. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography

The Italian Space Agency says it has booked a launch with SpaceX as soon as November for a COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar remote sensing satellite, shifting the spacecraft from a European Vega C rocket to a Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral.

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Filming 'Among the Stars' with Disney Plus meant a 2-year journey for astronaut Chris Cassidy. Here's what he learned.

The NASA veteran chats about filming a crucial repair mission to the International Space Station

Everything you need for astrophotography camping

Our guide to astrophotography camping will help you plan an outdoors trip, so you can capture the night skies away from light-filled cities.

1,000 days on the moon! China's Chang'e 4 lunar far side mission hits big milestone

A Chinese lander and rover are still up and running more than 1,000 Earth days after they made a historic first-ever landing on the far side of the moon.

New spin on space research

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The ESA-owned Short Arm Human Centrifuge has been upgraded, installed and inaugurated at the Olympic Sport Centre Planica facility near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Soon to be home to ESA bedrest studies, this recently enhanced clinical research centre will help further scientists’ knowledge of human physiology in space.

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Arid Meteor Outburst in the Works This Week?

The new Arid meteor shower may be making itself known in early October 2021.

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There’s Enough Sunlight Getting Through Venus’ Clouds to Support High-Altitude Life

Carl Sagan once famously, and sarcastically, observed that, since we couldn’t see what was going on on the surface of Venus, there must be dinosaurs living there.  Once humans started landing probes on the planet’s surface, any illusion of a lush tropical world was quickly dispelled.  Venus was a hellscape of extraordinary temperatures and pressures that would make it utterly inhospitable to anything resembling Earth life.  

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NASA Spacecraft Takes a Picture of Jupiter … From the Moon

You know the feeling …. seeing Jupiter through your own telescope. If it gives you the chills — like it does for me — then you’ll know how the team for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter felt when they turned their spacecraft around – yes, the orbiter that’s been faithfully circling and looking down at the Moon since 2008 – and saw the giant planet Jupiter with their camera. If you zoom in on the picture, you can even see Jupiter’s Galilean moons.

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Live coverage: Soyuz docks at space station with Russian film crew

Live coverage of the Expedition 65 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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A Technique to Find Oceans on Other Worlds

You could say that the study of extrasolar planets is in a phase of transition of late. To date, 4,525 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,357 systems, with another 7,761 candidates awaiting confirmation. As a result, exoplanet studies have been moving away from the discovery process and towards characterization, where follow-up observations of exoplanets are conducted to learn more about their atmospheres and environments.

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