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International Space Station

Artistic representation of how the Milky Way-like galaxy ceers-2112 would look from Earth

Space

Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible

The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope and it is more than 11 billion years old

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20 July 1969. Neil Armstrong?s photos of Buzz Aldrin?s first steps on the Moon. This was what it all boiled down to in the end, even after the unprecedented feats of rocketry and all the extraordinary technical innovation which had safely flown two astronauts to a destination a quarter of a million miles from home: the basic human act of walking.

Space

Walking on the moon: candid photos from astronaut Tim Peake’s new book

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Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth

Space

Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth

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The best new science fiction books of November 2023

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The best new science fiction books of November 2023

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Illustration of a large asteroid colliding with Earth on the Yucatan Peninsula, forming the Chicxulub crater

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Chicxulub: The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

Space

Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the first time

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Jeff Goldblum in The Fly

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The scariest sci-fi horror movies for Halloween, chosen by an expert

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Monika Schleier-Smith

Physics

The physicist trying to create space-time from scratch

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Is space-time quantum? Six ways to unpick the fabric of the universe

Physics

Is space-time quantum? Six ways to unpick the fabric of the universe

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S3F98G Colorful balloons against the light

Space

How the balloon analogy for an expanding universe is almost perfect

If space-time is expanding, then why does gravity seem to pull things together? Physics can be weird, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Space

ISS livestream: Watch a live link-up with astronaut Andreas Mogensen

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Space

JWST should soon glimpse the very first stars born after the big bang

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Space

A glimpse inside how the James Webb Space Telescope was put together

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The best new science fiction books of October 2023

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