One typo in space: The mistake that killed a Soviet spacecraft billions of kilometres from Earth

In 1988, the Soviet Union launched two of its most ambitious spacecraft ever built not toward Mars itself, but toward one of ...
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The 5 most controversial space discoveries experts reject - based on real peer reviews

Space science has a long tradition of bold claims followed by even bolder scrutiny. Some of the most headline-grabbing ...
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Signs of alien life? New study finds potential biosignatures on ocean world

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

Can NASA save the Swift Observatory? Agency has a plan to try

The Swift Observatory is in peril more than 2 decades after a Cape Canaveral launch. Here's what to know about NASA's ...

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

NASA is racing to save the Swift telescope from fiery reentry with a $30-million robotic rescue, launching a three-armed ...