China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US

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A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off as it rains at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.
A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.

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China's plan to be the dominant power in space is moving at breathtaking speed. The US needs to wake up, officials say.

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A rocket carrying China's second module for its Tiangong space station lifts off from Wenchang spaceport in southern China on July 24, 2022.

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Vega-C rocket to launch Europe and China’s first entirely joint space mission

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Russia and China's 'unfriendly' space behavior is 'concerning' and could threaten US satellites, defense analysts say

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Satellite over the Earth's surface.
A satellite over the Earth's surface.

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Tree-planting search engine Ecosia to monitor reforestation from space

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Check out stunning photos from the $2 billion space telescope that captures the invisible universe — and that NASA plans to defund

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purple spiral galaxy with lots of purple stars inside and a bright white center
Messier 74, nicknamed "the Phantom Galaxy" for its dimness, comes to life when Chandra revealed its X-ray activity (purple) alongside observations from Hubble and Webb.

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team; Image Processing: N. Wolk and K. Arcand

US-Russia collaboration has long endured in space. The Ukraine war could ruin it.

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NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, members of the International Space Station Expedition 70-71 main crew, on September 15, 2023.

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Gamers suit up: You can now build ESA’s future lunar base in Fortnite

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Autonomous vertical farming startup to grow crops in space in 2026

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Finnish startup to launch ‘software-defined’ satellite with ESA

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