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NASA temporarily grounding Mars helicopter Ingenuity to wait for dust to clear

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Far beyond Pluto: What's next for NASA's New Horizons probe?

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New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt to examine ancient, icy mini-worlds in that vast region beyond the orbit of Neptune.

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Earth-like planets in dead star 'cosmic graveyards' get stranger

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The first world found orbiting a pulsar is rarer than previously believed, deepening the mystery of how planets survive around violent dead stars.

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The James Webb Space Telescope made Maryland the center of the universe for a day. Here's what it was like.

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It's 9:30 a.m., and I'm in a crowded auditorium at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Suddenly I hear, "Go, Webb, go!" and look up to see a group of people on the stage, some holding sparkly golden pom-poms, others cardboard hexagons covered in gold foil.

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter made history in 2021 when it conducted the first flight of a powered aircraft on another world. On which other planet (other than Earth) has an unpowered aircraft made a successful flight?

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Skywatching

The moon begins its monthly planetary tour with Saturn on Friday

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Look southeast Friday night to catch the moon commencing its monthly tour with a brief visit to Saturn!

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	Join us at The British Library, Saturday 16 July! The countdown is on for a fantastic line-up of children's authors to come together at The British Library, live on stage, Hear from Sharna Jackson, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Emma Carroll, Rob Biddulph, Phil Earle and more. Book now.

Science & Astronomy

On bizarre brown dwarf worlds, astronomers spot hot, sandy clouds

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Sandy or (silicate-rich) clouds were confirmed in bizarre, gassy objects known as brown dwarfs, which are between the size of a planet and a star. Since these oddball objects have no solid surface, how the sand grains got so high in their planets' atmospheres was a mystery to scientists, despite suspicions of observed silicates for at least the past decade(opens in new tab).

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SpaceX

Watch SpaceX launch cargo mission to the space station Thursday night

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A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to lift off atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket Thursday at 8:44 p.m. EDT (0044 GMT on July 15) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Spaceflight

NASA temporarily grounding Mars helicopter Ingenuity to wait for dust to clear

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NASA's Mars helicopter is taking a break from its groundbreaking operations on the surface of the Red Planet.

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Search for Life

Europe ending cooperation with Russia on life-hunting Mars rover

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It's official: Russia will no longer be part of Europe's life-hunting Mars rover mission, which is scheduled to launch in the late 2020s.

Telescopes & Binoculars

Best camera phone 2022: Smartphones with stargazing capabilities

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We've cast our eye over the market for the best camera phones and rounded up the very best for general photography, including Night Mode and low-light imaging.

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Entertainment

Explore the Artemis program with All About Space magazine

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Inside All About Space issue 132, on sale now, explore NASA's biggest mission in over 50 years: Artemis. The mission aims to put boots back on the moon and bring us one step closer to Mars.

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