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Hubble Space Telescope

Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

Space

Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

Space flight is getting more affordable. The Electron rocket, smaller and cheaper than most of its commercial competitors, has put three satellites into orbit

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The bright Cepheid variable star at the center of the image, RS Puppis, rhythmically brightens and dims

Physics

The universe still seems to be expanding faster than it ought to

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space launch

Space

We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

Insight

Falcon Heavy rocket

Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

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Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Space

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Features

1845 telescope

Physics

Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it

Culture

Mercury probe

Space

2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries

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moon

Space

2018 preview: Return to the moon as eight missions are planned

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Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world

Physics

Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world

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NASA has discovered our solar system’s twin with 8 planets

Space

NASA has discovered our solar system’s twin with 8 planets

The Kepler telescope has revealed a new planet in a system like ours. It shares a star with 7 other planets, tying our record for most worlds in a solar system

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Space

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

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Space

Bizarre supernova may be powered by hidden disc of dust and gas

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Space

The usual way of hunting dark matter may be all wrong

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Space

No, aliens aren't lurking on the International Space Station

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