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Solar System, Stars

ESA’s Solar Orbiter reveals the Sun’s poles for the first time

Simulated view of Voyager 1's view across the solar system

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Can either Voyager image our solar system from their current location?

President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office holding a black folder, speaking near a display board showing a glowing shield-like graphic labeled "GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA" over a map of the United States. Behind him are military decorations, a portrait of Ronald Reagan, and shelves with books and golden decorative items.

Here’s how Trump’s Golden Dome would work — and why some call it “a fantasy”

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Tianwen-2 is voyaging to an asteroid and a comet

Space Exploration

Landing on the Moon is an incredibly difficult feat — here’s how 2025 is shaping up

An astronaut stands by a cliff on Mars, looking up at a drone

Solar System, Space Exploration

How close are we to ‘The Martian’? A planetary scientist checks in

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Failed Soviet-era spacecraft returned to Earth on Saturday

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

The Venera program: Interplanetary probes from behind the Iron Curtain

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More than 50 years later, a failed Soviet spacecraft is about to return to Earth

Vesta is simpler inside than previously thought

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

NASA gives OK to build drone that will fly on Saturn’s moon Titan

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Peanut-shaped surprise for Lucy in asteroid flyby