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  • Monday, 24 February, 2020
    Mars suffers frequent seismic tremors, Nasa mission finds

    Level of activity is higher than on the Moon but less than on Earth, scientists say

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
    Most distant world visited from Earth comes into focus

    Arrokoth lies in the Kuiper Belt, 6.5bn km from Earth

  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
    Benedict Mander
    An engineering marvel in the Chilean desert

    Astronomers in the Alma station look for clues to how the universe began

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    Space Exploration Technologies Corp
    SpaceX ‘supersonic abort test’ sets up manned mission

    Nasa in position to launch astronauts after successful emergency simulation

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Europe’s joint space programme gets rise in spending

    €12.5bn over three years to finance Mars missions, asteroid defence and climate oversight

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    UK raises funding to European Space Agency more than 15%

    Boris Johnson moves to safeguard British role in most important projects

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
    Anjana Ahuja
    Mercury’s mysteries continue to mesmerise

    On Monday, all eyes will be on the moonless planet as it crosses the face of the Sun

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Nobel prizes
    Nobel physics prize awarded for cosmology and astronomy discoveries

    Princeton’s James Peebles honoured alongside Didier Queloz and Michel Mayor of Geneva University

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    AnalysisNikkei Asian Review
    Nasa chief hits at China’s ‘aggressive’ space activity Premium

    US enlists support from Japan and India for future space exploration

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  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    Anjana Ahuja
    Contacting aliens would be madness on a galactic scale

    Our species has never been more invested in the scientific hunt for life elsewhere in the universe

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    AnalysisIndian politics & policy
    India’s failed Moon shot highlights space race with China

    Nuclear-armed state strives to match mounting extraterrestrial prowess on its borders

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
    Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
    Where will humans live if Earth becomes uninhabitable?

    The Moon, Mars and orbiting colonies are all being explored as possible options

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
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    Where might humans live in space?

    The Moon, Mars or orbiting colonies - FT's Kiran Stacey explores options for interplanetary living

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    First water detected in atmosphere of habitable planet

    Super-Earth 110 light-years away might have conditions to support life

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    AnalysisNikkei Asian Review
    ispace raises Japan’s innovation hopes Premium

    Founder foresees a multibillion-dollar market for lunar transportation and exploration services

  • Saturday, 7 September, 2019
    India’s hopes for a successful moon landing appear to be dashed

    Scientists lose contact with Chandrayaan-2 landing vehicle a mile from the surface

  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    FT SeriesMasters of Science 2019
    Is Earth the only living planet?

    Lisa Kaltenegger is among the scientists hoping to find evidence of life on worlds that orbit stars beyond our sun

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    FT MagazineElaine Moore
    Why Silicon Valley is in two minds about Mars

    Some tech bros can’t wait to get to the red planet. Others are focused on more immediate challenges

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    India
    India launches first lunar mission since 2008

    New Delhi seeks to cement its place among elite club of spacefaring nations

  • Saturday, 20 July, 2019
    Interview5 min
    'We will return to the Moon': why Apollo's mission was just the beginning

    'The Martian' author Andy Weir says building a long-term lunar base is all about economics

  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Men on the Moon merit their golden celebration

    It is time for another lunar landing that includes female astronauts

  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    The 50th anniversary of the Moon landing
    Which company will win the new space race to the Moon?

    Renewed commercial involvement in lunar exploration could open up a big frontier for the sector

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    The Art of PersuasionSam Leith
    One of Kennedy’s finest speeches helped launch the lunar mission

    There’s no obvious reason to go to the moon. We went there because of an idea

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    The new lunar mission

    It’s half a century since the launch of Apollo 11, the spacecraft that put the first…

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Virgin Galactic channels Thomas Piketty

    Space is the place, if you’re extremely rich.

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