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Humans could bring microbes into space

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Space germs: How can we avoid contaminating other worlds?

Headlines about alien flu from outer space exaggerate the risk of extraterrestrial microbes but we still need to be careful about taking our own germs off-planet, says astrophysicist Erika Nesvold

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Planned moon landings could pelt orbiting spacecraft with dusty debris

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JWST has spotted a water vapor plume shooting out from the southern pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

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JWST has spotted an enormous plume of water coming out of Enceladus

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NASA's group that studies UAPs is holding its first public meeting

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NASA’s UFO team discusses its findings publicly for the first time

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We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”

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We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”

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Why sending messages to extraterrestrials is controversial

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Why sending messages to extraterrestrials is controversial

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Lab imitations of the unobservable cosmos can be genuinely insightful

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Milky Way. Night sky and silhouette of a standing man

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Questions I dread: How did the universe begin, and what is space-time?

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CE8NB6 Illustration showing galaxy giant whirlpool in space galaxy's effect on space image shows how gravity galaxy warps local

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To create a wormhole that doesn't collapse, you need exotic matter

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A dense collection of stars covers the view. Towards the centre the stars become even more dense in a circular region, and also more blue. Around the edges there are some redder foreground stars, and many small stars in the background.

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Why darkness between stars reveals more about the universe than light

When looking up at the night sky, light from stars draws attention. But the darkness between the light can reveal even more about the universe, says Nobel prize-winning astrophysicist Adam Riess

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Space debris problem highlighted in new series of photographs

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Alien messages responding to NASA signals could reach us by 2029

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My Everest review: A horseback journey to the world's highest mountain

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JWST has spotted the most distant galaxy cluster ever seen

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