Physics
NASA engineer’s ‘helical engine’ may violate the laws of physics
A NASA engineer has published plans for an engine that could accelerate a rocket without using propellant. But there are questions over whether it could work
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Live: UK’s first space rover, Tim Peake and the real life rocket man
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Space
Christina Koch snapped this majestic picture of Soyuz 61 from the ISS
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Space
Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can’t save dull space psychodrama
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Space
India’s Vikram moon lander appears to have crashed on the moon
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Space
LightSail 2 has used sunlight alone to steer around Earth
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Space
After years of sexism in space we urgently need more female astronauts
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Space
LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space
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Space
India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon
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Space
Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest
New Scientist was opposed to the Apollo missions from the start, and complained for decades that the money to send people into space was being wasted. Why were we so grumpy and pessimistic about putting a man on the moon?
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Space
India鈥檚 moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch
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Space
India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon鈥檚 south pole
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Space
Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm
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