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A rendering of what laser-built roads on the moon might look like. Credit: Liquifer Systems Group

Human Spaceflight, Solar System

Light — and a big lens — could build roads on the Moon

Gas giants like Jupiter, shown here, could be more common than previously thought.

Exoplanets, Planets, Science, Solar System

Why a solar system like ours might be more common than we think

This diagram outlines the basic stages of the aerocapture technique.

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Aerocapture: Using a planet’s atmosphere to slow down a spacecraft

Can AI find life in the universe?

Cosmology, Galaxies

Slime mold helps astronomers map the universe’s dark matter

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

40 years later, these Voyager instruments still talk to NASA

Exoplanets, Planets

How the first exoplanets were discovered

Exoplanets, Planets, Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Mission complete for Opportunity rover

‘It’s a haunting thing’: Space artists on the first black hole image

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Planetary tours: The backpacker’s guide to the solar system

Science, Solar System

Titan’s slot canyons of ice rival those of Zion National park

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Israeli Moon lander to touch down near Apollo landing sites next month