NASA's proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory will be designed for robotic repairs instead of astronaut servicing. The ...

A new policy paper proposes a lunar biocontainment facility for extraterrestrial samples. This secure lunar laboratory would ...

Nasa’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, launching in the 2040s, will depend on robotic spacecraft for maintenance and upgrades due to its distant location near Lagrange Point 2.

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The scientist has outlined the 'potentially devastating and irreversible long-term impacts' of unknown organisms in space ...

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In virtual experiments, AI repeatedly misread dead digital organisms as self-replicating life.

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Brought to life by the maestro Christopher Nolan, ‘Interstellar’ is a sci-fi space drama film set in 2067, a dystopian future in which Earth is dying, crops are failing, and dust is making human life ...

Two worlds at almost opposite ends of the Solar System have just given us a mystery we didn't even know existed.

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THE FARTHEST tells the captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity’s greatest achievements in exploration: NASA’s Voyager mission, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this ...