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Hubble Space Telescope

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Life

Send an ear: Listening for sounds of life in the solar system

The seismic echoes of Jupiter’s icy moons could teach us more about their hidden oceans than any picture – and help us gauge their potential for life

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Space

New Zealand joins the space race with Electron rocket launch

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E. coli colonies

Life

Floating in microgravity gives bacteria permanent genetic boost

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Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star

Space

Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star

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Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery

Space

Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery

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TV Apollo 8

Space

First mission to the moon: The real lesson

Culture

Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

Space

Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

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A number of sperm cells

Space

Mouse sperm sent into space produces healthy IVF babies

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Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

Space

Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

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LIGO could detect gravitational waves’ permanent space-time warp

Space

LIGO could detect gravitational waves’ permanent space-time warp

When gravitational waves permanently distort space-time, it causes a “memory” signal – which may help LIGO find some of the universe’s most exotic objects

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Space

Titan’s riverbeds show a terrain built more like Mars than Earth

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Space

Plasma jet engines that could take you from the ground to space

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Space

No crew planned for NASA's first Space Launch System mission

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Space

Stars can start shining at a smaller mass than we thought

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