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The race to see the start of time in the first light of the universe

A lone observatory at the South Pole has a rare chance to glimpse a secret written in the sky. Spot it, and we will know how time and space were born

Features

Space

European Mars rover named after DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin

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Distant Ultima Thule is a weirdly flat snowman that defies explanation

Space

Distant Ultima Thule is a weirdly flat snowman that defies explanation

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

Space

Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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A fish in a dark background

Space

Astronauts could use fish and human waste to grow food on long trips

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10 year challenge: How science and the world have changed

Environment

10 year challenge: How science and the world have changed

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China's moon garden is dead as the craft is plunged into lunar night

Space

China's moon garden is dead as the craft is plunged into lunar night

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I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

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I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

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First moon plants sprout in China's Chang'e 4 biosphere experiment

Space

First moon plants sprout in China's Chang'e 4 biosphere experiment

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A black hole the size of Jupiter is just wandering around the galaxy

Space

A black hole the size of Jupiter is just wandering around the galaxy

Black holes are usually the mass of one star or the mass of millions, but we may have found one wandering through our galaxy that’s right in the middle

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Space

Video shows the moment China's Chang'e 4 landed on moon's far side

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Anu Ojha: Will humans make it to Mars?

Video

Space

Hubble Telescope camera breaks – and US shutdown might delay repair

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Space

Radio wave bursts from space keep hitting Earth and we don't know why

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