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Space Week: A seven-day tour of the cosmos

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Space Week: A seven-day tour of the cosmos

To celebrate the launch of our new podcast, Dead Planets Society, New Scientist editors have selected some of our most delightful premium articles about the solar system and beyond

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NASA's group that studies UAPs is holding its first public meeting

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NASA’s UFO team discusses its findings publicly for the first time

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NASA announces four astronauts for Artemis II mission around the moon

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Members of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission

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SpaceX launches Crew-6 astronaut team to International Space Station

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Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact. DART?s onboard DRACO imager captured this image from a distance of 42 miles (68 kilometers). This image was the last to contain all of Dimorphos in the field of view. Dimorphos is roughly 525 feet (160 meters) in length. Dimorphos? north is toward the top of the image. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

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What we learned from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission

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Splashdown of Orion

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NASA’s Artemis I mission has ended as Orion splashed down on Earth

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A view of Earth rising over the moon from the Orion capsule

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Amazing image of crescent Earth rising over the moon captured by Orion

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NASA's Jett3 Lunar analogue mission in the Arizona Desert

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Artemis astronauts prepare for future moon missions in Arizona desert

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NASA’s Orion capsule captures gorgeous close-up pictures of the moon

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NASA’s Orion capsule captures gorgeous close-up pictures of the moon

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Artemis I and the moon

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NASA’s flagship Artemis I mission has flown past the moon

After blasting off on the enormous Space Launch System rocket, NASA's Orion capsule has flown within 130 kilometres of the lunar surface as it prepares to enter orbit

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NASA’s enormous SLS rocket has launched to space for the first time

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NASA’s DART mission moved an asteroid's orbit by smashing into it

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft takes closest images of Europa for 20 years

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SpaceX may help the Hubble Space Telescope boost its lifespan

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