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International Space Station

Person writing math equations on glass

Mathematics

Why science relies too much on mathematics

Mathematics is at the heart of modern science but we shouldn’t forget other ways to reason, says author and researcher Roland Ennos

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

Comment

‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

Culture

Odysseus spacecraft is the first private mission to land on the moon

Space

Odysseus spacecraft is the first private mission to land on the moon

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Space

Famous supernova left a blazing hot neutron star at its centre

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Space

Intuitive Machines is about to launch its Odysseus moon lander

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An artist's impression of Orion re-entering Earth's atmosphere

Space

SpaceX aims to let astronauts avoid a radio blackout during re-entry

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Space

Super Earths that seem to have oceans may actually be covered in magma

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Theory of everything and geometry

Physics

Why physicists are rethinking the route to a theory of everything

Features

Space

Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space

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SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket

Space

Starship launch: Next SpaceX flight test is expected this month

Preparations are underway for a third attempted launch of the enormous Starship rocket after the first two test flights both ended in explosions

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Comment

The best new science fiction books of February 2024

Culture

Space

JWST has taken extraordinary images of 19 nearby spiral galaxies

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Space

Japan's rolling and hopping lunar rovers send back images of the moon

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Space

Chickpeas grown in moon dust for the first time

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