Elon Musk isn’t the first person to propose the use of mass drivers on the moon. He’s following in the footsteps of space visionary Gerard O’Neill, who floated the idea back in 1974.
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A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.
China’s Shenzhou 21 crew rang in the Year of the Horse with an impressive celebration aboard the nation’s Tiangong Space Station that included filming a music video.
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As global tensions rise, the island has become a geopolitical pressure gauge, revealing how the old international legal order is beginning to fray.
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We take a look at the best (and worst) places to ski in the solar system, logistics aside.
For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the public about the threats space rocks pose to Earth.
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China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and pulling off a soft splashdown with the returning rocket.
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The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.
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The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the inner solar system.
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ESA marked the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics by capturing the venue from low-Earth orbit.