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In depth A 5,000-horsepower engine lets pilots experience forces up to 9G while flying a virtual jet.

In depth How Elon Musk's company became the biggest name in commercial spaceflight, its current projects, and what's next.

Space Week The butterfly's 'wings' are huge bubbles of gas and dust, which can clump together to create new stars.

Space week As we come close to identifying the 4,000th exoplanet, we look at the most extraordinary ones discovered so far.

Space week From sunshades and x-rays to finding life on exoplanets, we could be about to enter a new golden age of astronomy.

Space Week Google Earth now lets you 'visit' Devon Island, which is so similar to the Martian surface, it's used by NASA for training.

Space week The Chandrayaan-2 mission, scheduled to lift off in the coming months, signals Asia’s grand space ambitions.

Space week The craft is due to touch down on the lunar surface on April 11, after some early technical hiccups.

Space week Mathematicians, artists, and software engineers are using raw data from the world’s first interplanetary outreach camera to produce jaw-dropping images.

Space week The mission will be a race against time, as the icy moon will soon be plunged into darkness for 80 years.

Space week The unmanned craft will make five flights in the Red Planet's harsh atmosphere, capturing photos as it goes.

Space week The experiment will help researchers understand the effects of space travel on the human body.

Space week It's at least five times bigger than Earth and it’s way beyond Pluto – but does it exist?

Beatboxer Reeps One tells us how technology can help us understand and transcend the limits of our own voices.

The British Army is spending £66 million on cutting-edge tech, and holding reality TV style competitions to find new ideas.

MWC 2019 The Tap wearable keyboard lets you write one-handed without a desk. Could it be the future of typing?

How come we can make super-realistic videogame avatars but terrible E-FITs still exist?