Space and cosmos

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Ukrainian servicemen in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.

Russian satellite dangerously nears European spacecraft supporting Ukraine’s military

Space experts say close approaches by a satellite can be used to inspect, monitor or interfere with other satellites.

Japan probe on its way to Mars moon in historic mission

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency hopes the mission will reveal how Mars and its two moons formed, a key piece of knowledge in working out how the solar system was born.

Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon

A Propulsion Module (left) and Exploration and Return Modules, making up the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima prefecture, on Aug 13.

Astronaut Pikachu logs 67 days and 1,040 orbits aboard ISS – now catch him on Earth

The plush space traveller was at the orbiting laboratory from April 11 to June 17 with crew members from the European Space Agency.

‘No divisions, no borders’, French astronaut says of seeing Earth from space

French astronaut Sophie Adenot is the first French female astronaut to venture outside the space station for a spacewalk.

4 things to love about Portugal, from sardines to stars

(Clockwise from top-left) NASA-grade cork forests, superfood canned sardines, celestial night sky, and Portuguese azulejos tiles.

Margaret Hamilton, scientist who led NASA’s Apollo software development, dies at 90

Former US President Barack Obama presents scientist Margaret Hamilton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor in 2016.

Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for work on ‘ghostly messengers’ from outer space

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen was honoured “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”.

Go rocket-spotting for a front-row seat to the new space race

In the United States, watching a rocket launch has become more accessible for members of the public.

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