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James Webb space telescope

The planned ExoMars rover will carry a drill to dig for life

Space

ESA approves 2020 ExoMars rover despite crash earlier this year

Putting aside the dramatic loss of the Schiaparelli lander in October and concerns about cost, ESA member states voted to go ahead with the next part of the life-hunting ExoMars mission

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Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill

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Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill

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Gravitational waves are ripples in space time that can be heard across the universe

Physics

LIGO turns back on to hunt for more gravitational waves

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Apollo 17 lunar buggy

Space

Private moon mission plans to revisit Apollo 17 landing site

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Moon-dust cake mix shows moon may have had water from the start

Earth

Moon-dust cake mix shows moon may have had water from the start

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Window to hell: Io's strongest volcano changes face as we watch

Earth

Window to hell: Io's strongest volcano changes face as we watch

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First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off

Earth

First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off

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EM drive

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

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Space

China's space station now has insects, weeds and rice on board

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Space

The inventions of our lifetime, picked by the people who know

Our expert panel offers up 10 of the greatest inventions to appear since 51¶¯Âþ was launched, from Kevlar to a smarter way of dealing with information

Features

Life

Spacecraft could taste Europa's sea by sampling its atmosphere

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Space

Monday's bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years

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Beagle Mars probe probably didn’t crash, new analysis shows

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Life

I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah

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