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Illustration of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in a line

Exact date and time five planets might be visible with the naked eye

Tech January 21, 2025 By Josh Milton

ESA Mars Express image show 'winter wonderland' Mars scene, with layers of ice hugging the hilltops. Space scientists have shown off images of a white Christmas - on Mars. Calling the scene a "winter wonderland", the European Space Agency (ESA) said the images were captured by their Mars Express spacecraft at the normally red planet's south pole. The observations show an enigmatic landscape in the Australe Scopuli region of the Mars' southern hemisphere. ESA said Thursday (18 Dec): "Here, swirls of carbon dioxide ice and dust layers wrap around the scene, turning the Red Planet white.

Mystery 'winter wonderland' phenomenon spotted 140,000,000 miles from Earth

UK December 26, 2024 By Josh Layton

What will being stranded in space on the ISS for so long do to the Nasa astronauts?

Tech March 18, 2025 By Josh Milton

This artist's concept depicts NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by the plasma, or ionized gas, that was ejected by the death of nearby giant stars millions of years ago. The environment inside our solar bubble is dominated by the plasma exhausted by our sun, known as the solar wind. The interstellar plasma is shown with an orange glow similar to the color seen in visible-light images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope that show stars in the Orion nebula traveling through interstellar space.

Voyager lives on almost 16,000,000,000 miles away in ‘mysterious depths’ of space

UK December 6, 2024 By Josh Layton

epa11620718 A handout still image taken from a handout video provided by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos press-service shows the undocking of Soyuz MS-25 with participants of the 70th and 71st long-term expeditions, cosmonauts of the Roscosmos State Corporation Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, who spent a year on the International Space Station, as well as NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, 23 September 2024. The descent module of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with participants of the 70th and 71st long-term expeditions landed safely in the area of ??????the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub spent 374 days in space, which became the longest flight under the ISS program. EPA/ROSCOSMOS PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLEHANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Astronauts met with mystery foul odour after docking - and it's not from Uranus

Tech November 26, 2024 By Jen Mills

Psyche asteroid in space

What is Nasa planning to do with asteroid worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000?

Tech November 20, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Uranus's wind problem could be good for humanity

Tech November 15, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

Tech November 15, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

How a £624,000,000 satellite could soon get our solar power from space

Tech November 12, 2024 By Josh Milton

Uncl grabs - Olympics on the International Space Station

Nasa shares astronaut health update after four mysteriously hospitalised

US November 7, 2024 By Katie Boyden

L-R) Russia's Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps (Picture: AP)

Astronaut returns from space with mystery medical condition

World October 26, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Science | 13993583 NASA's Pioneering Solar Sail Hits a Snag While Tumbling in Space

NASA's new £15,000,000 spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly through space

Tech October 25, 2024 By Danny Rigg

The sandy-coloured dusty surface of Mars, with numerous rocks scattered around – one of which appears to resemble a face

People think they've spotted an eerie human face on Mars

Tech October 22, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Nasa astronaut floating in space.

Solving this space problem could land you £2,300,000

Tech October 16, 2024 By Jasper King

**VIDEO AVAILABLE. CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE.** A startup aiming to create the world???s first commercial space station has unveiled a stunning preview of what visitors can expect. Haven-1's interior resembles a luxury hotel with sleek wood veneer accents, soft padded white walls, a gym, and private rooms equipped with entertainment and communication technology for staying in touch with loved ones back on Earth. Each of the four private quarters features built-in storage, a vanity, and a custom amenities kit. But beyond aesthetics, Vast, the creators of Haven-1, have prioritised improving sleep in space - often a challenge for astronauts due to weightlessness. The signature sleep system they developed is about the size of a queen-size bed and offers a customised pressure distribution that adapts to side or back sleepers. "This is not just any old duvet," says Hillary Coe, Vast???s chief design and marketing officer, in an interview with Wired. "It???s a duvet that inflates, creating this equal pressure up against you which allows for a beautiful, comfortable night???s rest." At the station???s core is a common area featuring a deployable table and a domed window for breathtaking views of space. The images released so far are just mock-ups, but the final designs are expected to resemble these visions closely. Vast anticipates the station could welcome its first visitors as early as 2026, with plans to launch it on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket "no earlier than August 2025." Veteran NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, who has spent over 225 days on the ISS, has provided valuable insights to Vast in designing the station's interior. "I???ve flown three missions to space, and we are learning from those experiences and innovating to improve the way we can live and work on a space station," Feustel said. "Every detail has been designed with the astronaut experience at the core of our work." Though no price has been announced, a stay at Haven-1 could likely be reserved for the ultra-wealthy, as a trip aboard SpaceX???s Crew Dragon to the ISS costs around $55 million. Despite the luxurious feel, Haven-1 is designed to host "state-of-the-art facilities for scientific research." CEO Max Haot said: "We are not building a luxury hotel in space. We are applying design to enhance crew cohesion, productivity, safety, and communication to help sovereign astronauts and self-funded private individuals achieve their important orbital mission objectives." When: 14 Oct 2024 Credit: Vast/Cover Images **All usages and enquiries, please contact info@cover-images.com - +44 (0)20 3397 3000EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MATERIALS ONLY TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDITORIAL STORY. THE USE OF THESE MATERIALS FOR ADVERTISING, MARKETING OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. MATERIAL COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH STATED PHOTOGRAPHER AND/OR SUPPLIER.**

Inside 'world's first private space station' that has a gym and entertainment rooms

Tech October 14, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

An artist's concept shows a NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft flying past Jupiter's moon Europa in this undated illustration released by NASA. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Is alien life in our solar system? A £3,800,000,000 mission could help find out

Tech October 14, 2024 By Jen Mills

Mars: Tharis and Valles Marineris

Laser fired 290,000,000 miles into space could help contact life outside Earth

Tech October 10, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

The Venus Stargazer M4 Hypersonic aircraft

Hypersonic jet that can reach speeds of 3,600mph to take test flight in 2025

Tech October 7, 2024 By Jen Mills

SpaceX capsule Dragon docks to the International Space Station, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule to rescue stranded astronauts docks at ISS - what happens next?

Tech September 30, 2024 By Katie Boyden

How to see a 'once in every 80,000 years' comet over UK in October

Tech September 29, 2024 By Jen Mills