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An active region just turning into view on the left side of the Sun has emitted three large flares since Saturday: an M9, an M5 and early today blasted out an X1.8 class flare. This flare occurred around 3:17 am UTC toda...

Caption: Artist impression of Cheops. Credit: University of Bern Big isn’t always better. This is certainly true at ESA’s new Science Programme. They are looking to low cost, small scale missions that can b...

The Soyuz rocket with three Expedition 33/34 crew members launched to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Three new crew members — and a...