Space Week: A seven-day tour of the cosmos
18 July 2023
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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Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system
8 July 2019
Moon rocks collected by the Apollo missions contain a pristine record of Earth's history. Reading it can teach us where best to look for habitable exoplanets
Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon
8 July 2019
Before anyone had been to space, NASA simulated everything that could go possibly wrong – efforts that averted catastrophe as the Apollo 11 crew were about to land
Mission to Mars: The complete guide to getting to the Red Planet
12 June 2019
Humanity's first Mars mission will need a big rocket, lots of free time, reliable team mates and lots of NASA cash. Here's our 5-step plan to get people to the planet and back
