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Nasa ends mission after loss of Mars probe

The mission was originally intended to operate for one or two years, but the probe remained active for more than a decade, until December 2025, when it lost contact with Earth.

This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet that is a gas giant like Jupiter but orbits very close to its host star and is tidally locked. Photo: Reuters

Astronomers discover exoplanets with magnetic fields

A 4.6 meters high robotic Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur installation is pictured in front of the Victoria Harbour during a promotional event in Hong Kong, China, June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Here's how Tyrannosaurus ended up with a big head and small arms

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Nasa unveils early plans for Moon base with landers, rovers and drones

A researcher holds a human brain, part of a collection of more than 3,000 brains at the psychiatric hospital in Duffel, Belgium, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Brain size and intelligence: What science reveals?

Spacecraft probes Earth’s defence against raging solar winds. Photo: BSS

Spacecraft to probe how Earth fends off raging solar winds

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Scientists find widespread silicone pollutant in air, raising health and climate concerns

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), through the James Webb Space Telescope, show Messier 77 (M77), a barred spiral galaxy widely known among astronomers for its relatively close proximity and striking features that make it an important object of study. photo: UNB

Nasa's Webb telescope captures brilliant heart of spiral galaxy

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Rosatom launches ‘Icebreaker of Knowledge’ programme for students, offers Arctic expedition opportunity

An artist's impression of the trans-Neptunian object called (612533) 2002?XV93 passing in front of a star in the distant background as viewed from Earth, in this handout image released on May 4, 2026. Photo: NAOJ/Ko Arimatsu/Handout via REUTERS

Atmosphere detected on celestial body in solar system's far reaches

An artist's reconstruction of a finned octopus of the species Nanaimoteuthis haggarti that reached a length estimated at up to 18.6 meters (61.02 feet) and lived about 86 to 72 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period, released on 23 April 2026. Yohei Utsuki/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University/Handout via REUTERS

'Cretaceous Kraken' prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

An artist's conception of star bursting galaxies early in the history of the universe is shown in this image. Stars and galaxies are shown in the bright white points of light, while the more diffuse dark matter and gas are shown in purples and reds. AARON M. GELLER, NORTHWESTERN, CIERA + IT-RCDS/Handout via REUTERS

NASA unveils new space telescope to give 'atlas of the universe'

Victor Glover, one of the four-member crew of the Artemis II Moon mission's Orion capsule, speaks during a press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, US, 16 April 2026. REUTERS

Artemis astronaut describes charring on heat shield during crew's fiery return to Earth