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2026 will be a big year for space science

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space

The US, China, India, Europe and Japan all have exciting missions on the horizon in 2026. Many of them are collaborative ...

NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway ...
Space.com

China lands Chang'e 6 sample-return probe on far side of the moon, a lunar success (video)

China has now landed two missions on the moon's mysterious far side. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China has landed on the moon ...
Space.com

NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026

The agency is considering two possible MSR strategies but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
Ars Technica

No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope

Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren’t any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA launched Tuesday night in search of answers to simmering questions about how ...
The Conversation

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve

Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life ...