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The best spots on the Moon for lunar bases are the same spots where scientists want to build telescopes − can these two interests coexist?
2024 marks 25 years since NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory started detecting X-rays from energetic astronomical events.
You have the US space program to thank for some of the technology in your phone and laptop.
Studying theoretical, fast-spinning black holes is helping physicists understand more about the elusive black holes out in the universe.
Solar storms can play havoc with electrical grids, satellites and railway lines.
Research on one exoplanet that’s rapidly losing its atmosphere is hinting to scientists why exoplanets tend to look a certain way.
When rocks from space fall towards Earth, they usually don’t do any damage – here’s why.
Studying Venus’ water loss can help scientists better understand how planets go from potentially habitable to incapable of supporting life.
Starliner is only the second vehicle to launch astronauts from US soil since the retirement of the shuttle in 2011.
China’s Change'6 is going to explore the Moon’s far side and bring back precious lunar soil for scientists to study.
The Starliner launched June 5 after several delays, making it the first commercial crew craft that’s not SpaceX’s Dragon to lift off.
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks each year in early May, but this year it should be particularly good, thanks to dark skies and extra activity.
Astrophysicist Jacco van Loon joins us on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
The Netflix series ‘3 Body Problem’ is based on Liu Cixin’s scifi novel that follows what happens to the alien residents of a planet that orbits two stars.
It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.
The Perseverance rover has arrived at what’s thought to be an ancient shoreline on Mars.
When astronomers focused on the galaxy NGC 4383, they didn’t expect the data to be so spectacular. This is the first detailed map of gas flowing from this galaxy as stars burst within.
If you look carefully at the night sky, you may spot this fuzzy visitor with the naked eye – but binoculars will help.
The amount of space junk will increase as we continue to launch objects into space, but there are ways to curb damage on the ground.
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Reader in Astrophysics, Keele University
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Sterrenkenner, History & Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
