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Virtual Reality

Our ‘research’ trip to try on the latest Oculus Rift VR headset.

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Digital To Physical

The internet is estimated to be around 1 yottabyte. What does that look like?

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Titan Space Boat

Scientists plan to land a “space boat” on Saturn’s moon Titan. The boat will search for life on a giant methane lake.

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Planet Distances

We’ve created a matrix to display distances between all the planets in our solar system.

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Are We Weird?

New research suggest that our solar system isn’t as typical as we might have thought.

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Movie Moments

Our 5 favourite ‘space’ movie scenes of all time with some you might not expect…

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Curiosity Descent

Unbelievable HD footage of Mars Curiosity’s descent stage on August 6th 2012.

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NASA Missions

What future missions are in store for NASA following the successful landing of Mars Curiosity?

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Curiosity Images

The Curiosity rover is exploring Mars and is regularly sending images back to Earth. Here is a gallery of our favourites.

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Curiosity Streams

On this momentous day, where will you watch the Mars Curiosity landing from?

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Habitable Planets

A quick look at our new habitable planets section on the website.

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Pluto's 5th Moon

The moon, named P5 was spotted by the Hubble space telescope in July 2012.

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Mars Panorama

NASA’s fascinating panoramic view of the Martian surface. “The next best thing to being there”.

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Orion Spacecraft

NASA has unveiled its latest manned spacecraft due for its first test flight in 2014.

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Fiction to Fact

Today we’re discussing three unbelievable space projects that are no longer restricted to science fiction.

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MSL Landing Time

The Mars Science Laboratory was launched on 26th November 2011 and landed on August 6th.

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Mars Mission

A quick look at how the Mars Science Laboratory will reach and operate on Mars.

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Mars One Project

Mars One will attempt to build a human colony on the Red Planet in just 11 years from now.

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Shenzhou 9 Launch

China’s first step towards a manned lunar landing. Shenzhou 9 launches in the next few days.

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China: Shenzhou 5

In the build up to China’s latest manned space launch, we take a look at the history of Chinese exploration.

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Curiosity Rover

Pioneering Martian rover Curiosity finishes its epic journey in less than 2 months.

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Venus Transit 2012

Where did you watch the Venus transit? Share your stories and view our gallery.