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Nasa can't send humans to Mars until it gets the food right

Food

Nasa can't send humans to Mars until it gets the food right

Matt Reynolds

This is the story of Steve, a weird but pretty new part of the aurora

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This is the story of Steve, a weird but pretty new part of the aurora

Phoebe Braithwaite

Juno is finding weird things in Jupiter’s vast cyclone clusters

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Juno is finding weird things in Jupiter’s vast cyclone clusters

Matt Reynolds

How likely is it that you'll get hit by China's Tiangong-1 space station?

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How likely is it that you'll get hit by China's Tiangong-1 space station?

Phoebe Braithwaite

Flogging the ISS to private companies will be a tough sell

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Flogging the ISS to private companies will be a tough sell

Abigail Beall

Falcon Heavy's launch ushers in an era of cheaper, bolder space flight

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Falcon Heavy's launch ushers in an era of cheaper, bolder space flight

Matt Burgess

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy will blast off tomorrow in Musk's most ambitious launch yet

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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy will blast off tomorrow in Musk's most ambitious launch yet

Abigail Beall

What's so cool and special about a Super Blue Blood Moon?

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What's so cool and special about a Super Blue Blood Moon?

Eleanor Peake

If Elon Musk is to colonise Mars, he’ll need to recruit a crew of genetically-modified humans

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If Elon Musk is to colonise Mars, he’ll need to recruit a crew of genetically-modified humans

Abigail Beall

Nasa's new telescope will give our hunt for alien life a major boost

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Nasa's new telescope will give our hunt for alien life a major boost

Kai Staats

Space mining is going to seriously disrupt Earth's economy. And we're nowhere near ready for the shock

Space

Space mining is going to seriously disrupt Earth's economy. And we're nowhere near ready for the shock

Abigail Beall

China's bold proposal to zap space junk from Earth's orbit with lasers

China

China's bold proposal to zap space junk from Earth's orbit with lasers

Abigail Beall

Einstein’s decades old theory is finally helping us to weigh stars

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Einstein’s decades old theory is finally helping us to weigh stars

Abigail Beall

Sorry, that alien megastructure is actually just a big cloud of dust

Space

Sorry, that alien megastructure is actually just a big cloud of dust

Matt Reynolds

2018 looks set to be another massive year for space exploration

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2018 looks set to be another massive year for space exploration

Abigail Beall

Telemedicine is vital in space, but soon Earthlings will benefit too

Health

Telemedicine is vital in space, but soon Earthlings will benefit too

Beth Healey

All the biggest and best space discoveries of 2017

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All the biggest and best space discoveries of 2017

Abigail Beall

Hey Elon Musk, shut the hell up about colonising Mars

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Hey Elon Musk, shut the hell up about colonising Mars

Greg Williams

Artificial intelligence is helping astronomers discover new planets

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Artificial intelligence is helping astronomers discover new planets

Abigail Beall

It isn't an alien spacecraft, but we should still study 'Oumuamua

Space

It isn't an alien spacecraft, but we should still study 'Oumuamua

Abigail Beall