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And other stories from the stranger side of life

Deal is part of the US space agency’s plan to establish human settlements on the lunar surface

And other stories from the stranger side of life

The Perseverance rover is looking for evidence of life on the red planet

Moscow strikes back after being excluded from Washington’s lunar mining pact plan

Elon Musk reportedly involved in production of first feature movie made outside Earth

European Space Agency mission to study Sun’s polar regions launches in Florida

From the Olympic Games and US presidential election to Beethoven’s anniversary and a cannabis referendum

Nasa astronaut is under investigation in what could be the first crime committed in space

US space agency aiming to launch 37 rockets to the Moon within next decade

Amazon CEO has often spoken of desire to colonise outer space

Nasa investigating impact scenarios for massive space rock set to pass ten times closer to Earth than our moon

Company confirms authenticity of leaked video showing spacecraft blowing up

Nasa’s landmark Twins Study reveals physical ‘resilience’ of astronauts

Space agency is expected to send the vehicle to the red planet next July

Washington's announcement signals a new space race

Lack of smaller-sized equipment means two women astronauts cannot venture out together

Dormant viruses have been awoken in more than half of the astronauts who have embarked on space missions

Nasa finds ‘moving water’ on the lunar surface

Belt of ice and rock was formed no more than 100 million years ago

US space agency reveals it suffered cyber attack two months ago

New probe set to study the deep interior of the Red Planet

Russian and American astronauts said to be safe after emergency landing

California’s forest fires and vehicle emissions are highlighted in strong reds

The British astronaut is not the first to question whether the universe was created by a higher power

Launch delayed by technical problem before space agency briefly loses contact with the star-bound rocket

Parker Solar Probe, which launches this week, will fly closer to the Sun that any man-made object in history

Former ISS commander claims technology to put humans on red plane has existed since 1960s

‘Unprecedented’ dust storm has engulfed the red planet for past two weeks

Payload includes two Nasa satellites that will track Earth’s water cycle

Andrew Feustel was confused by the device’s ‘No SD’ warning

Space agency’s new boss says the two missions are far from incompatible

The spacecraft will lift off tomorrow on a six-month journey to the red planet

Scientists to examine how samples react in low gravity to see if conception could happen in space