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Could two planets share the same orbit without colliding? © Getty Images

Could two planets share the same orbit without colliding?

$© Diffractive Lightsails Grover Swartzlander Rochester Institute of Technology$

Light sails and stingray airships to explore space

What does a black hole look like? © EHT Collaboration

Messier 87 Why the first black hole photo was so hard to capture

Supermassive black holes, like the one in this illustration, may have played a key role in transforming the nature of gas in the early Universe © ESA

Twitter Q&A "What's your favourite black hole?"

What does a black hole look like? © EHT Collaboration

First ever image of black hole revealed

Are black holes always found at the centre of galaxies? © Getty Images

Q&A special Everything you wanted to know about black holes (and where to find them)

Black holes: how did we discover these 'dark stars'? © Getty Images

Black holes How did we discover these 'dark stars'?

Everything you need to know about SpaceX's Crew Dragon © SpaceX

SpaceX Everything you need to know about Crew Dragon

When I look to the stars, how far back am I seeing? © Getty Images

When I look to the stars, how far back am I seeing?

The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplanetary atmosphere with clouds of iron and silicates swirling in a planet-wide storm. The technique presents unique possibilities for characterising many of the exoplanets known today © ESO/L. Calçada

Planet-wide storm discovered on alien world

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Galaxy pictures 23 of NASA's best images of space

If you could drive a car upwards at 60mph, how long would it take to get to the Moon? © Getty Images

If you could drive a car upwards at 60mph, how long would it take to get to the Moon?

Space music: 10 of the best songs about space

Space music 10 of the best songs about space

JSC2011-E-067645 (8 July 2011) --- The space shuttle Atlantis launches for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station in the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff was at 11:29 a.m. (EDT) on July 8, 2011. Onboard are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool

Final farewells Poignant last pictures from our most inspirational space missions