IN FOCUS

Jakarta abandons Mir

Do you know what Arrokoth is?

This is the official name of a world humanity would be proud of

Heat-tolerant bacteria that survived meteorite impact

The meteorite was made of a highly dense material and weighed 2.26 kilogrammes

Space Race 2.0: Orbits of debris

Space waste threatens the existence of all satellites

Beaming onto children

Into space market

No small matter

A persevering physicist is well an his way to uncovering the enigma of antimatter

Shaking hands in air

Expensive explorer

Spaced out

Spaced out

MONEYMAKERS

MONEYMAKERS

Imaging success

CHINA

Portrait of a galaxy

CHINA

Breakaway!

Water, water everywhere

Water has been detected in the upper atmospheres of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Solar panel for Mir

Pop goes the launch

Deep mystery

Tiny eyes in space

Songs of distant earths

Scientists scan the sky for alien signals with renewed zest