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Hubble Space Telescope

The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

A decade ago, we discovered an exceptionally exciting exoplanet that could be the best candidate for hosting alien life. Now we’re about to find out if it really is

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Technology

Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

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US government releases huge batch of UFO files

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star

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Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph.

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What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

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NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

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NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

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The most stunning pictures from Artemis II’s flyby of the moon

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The Artemis II astronauts have flown around the moon

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We may have seen a 'dirty fireball' star explosion for the first time

An incredibly powerful flash of X-rays spotted by the Einstein Probe telescope appears to be a kind of explosion first theorised more than 30 years ago

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Historic Artemis II launch sends astronauts bound for the moon

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Astronauts are ready to return to the moon on Artemis II mission

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I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

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How working out like an astronaut can reduce back pain and slow ageing

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