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Lunar prospectors: the businesses looking to mine the moon

Within the lunar dirt is a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized con...

Artemis II launch: crowds gather for glimpse of histori...

Fully crewed rocket will head to moon from Florida – first time since 1972 that ...

Dame Carole Jordan obituary

Astrophysicist who studied the outer atmospheres of cool stars including the cor...

March of the Harmattan

Strong winds in March 2026 carried Saharan dust across northwestern Africa and t...

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Project to bring rare butterfly back to Yorkshire

The UK's largest native butterfly has not been seen in the region for more than ...

Museum gets grant for Bradford astronomer project

The project at Bolling Hall Museum will focus on Bradford-born astronomer Abraha...

Zoo welcomes 'vulnerable' giant anteater pup

The anteater pup's gender is not yet known as it "prefers the safety of mum" fo...

This star-forming galaxy is blowing out powerful winds ...

NASA's XRISM X-ray spacecraft has clocked 2 million mph winds ripping out of a d...

Yes, NASA's launching Artemis 2 astronauts to the moon ...

NASA is hoping for a historic moon launch, not a punchline on April 1.

How to use your Unistellar smart telescope to track the...

Unistellar co-founder tells Space.com about how citizen scientists are using sma...

What will happen if Artemis 2 astronauts get hit by a s...

"If an event is particularly bad, there are some places in the capsule, such as ...

Comet MAPS faces a make-or-break moment as it dives tow...

Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles ab...

'God squad' waives animal protections to expand oil dri...

Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said exempting oil drilling was a matter of na...

Pronatalists want more babies. Their solutions aren’t r...

Conservative pronatalists want a return to the traditional nuclear family. But t...

What time is NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission launch tomor...

The launch window for Artemis 2 opens on April 1 and runs through April 6. Here'...