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Astronauts eating pizza on the ISS (Credit: Nasa/Esa)
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Why Nasa is crowdsourcing recycling tips

By Richard Hollingham

SpaceX logo and Starship rocket in background (Credit: Getty Images)
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The environmental cost of rocket launches

By Richard Hollingham
The gravitational tug of the Moon on the Earth's oceans creates the tides, which in turn drag the Moon into a higher orbit (Credit: Steven Saphore/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Why the Moon is slipping from our grasp

By Richard Gray
Wall of images showing Chinese astronauts (Credit: Getty Images)
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China's grand ambition for space

By Andrew Jones
Nasa artist's impression of Moon reactor (Credit: Getty Images)
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The nuclear answer to moonbase power

By Sue Nelson
Artist's impression of Lunar Outpost Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover (Credit: Nokia)
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How to bring mobile communication to the Moon

By Sue Nelson
Artist’s impression of Odysseus lander (Credit: Intuitive Machines)
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The mission to prevent 'spaceship sandblasting'

By Andrew Jones
An artists impression of the SLS in flight above the clouds (Credit: Nasa)
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The cork destined for the Moon

By Katherine Latham
Canterbury cathedral makes for an ideal collecting space, because its roof is relatively undisturbed and cleaning has been recorded (Credit: Getty Images)
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Why cathedrals contain 'cosmic dust'

By Mary Westover
School children wearing face paint form a ring around a model of the Vikram lander (Credit: Getty Images)
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The mysteries of the Moon's South Pole

By Jonathan O'Callaghan
Russia's Luna-25 takes off from Vostochny cosmodrome (Credit: Alamy)
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Will Russia beat India to the Moon?

By Chris Baraniuk
Barbie closeup in space suit (Credit: Ian Wells/WSU HYPER Lab)
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Why Barbie is being caked in Moon dust

By Grace Tyrrell
A close up of a lone boot print left by Buzz Aldrin on the Moon (Credit: Nasa)
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The next footprints on the Moon

By Richard Gray
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus (Credit: Getty Images)
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Hunting the hidden moons of Saturn

By Stephen Dowling
Launch of H3 rocket in Japan in March 2023 (Credit: Getty Images)
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How many space launches end in failure?

By Stephen Dowling
Artemis on launch platform and Nasa logo (Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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The space mission setting records

By Sue Nelson