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Future air conditioning could work by beaming heat into space

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Future air conditioning could work by beaming heat into space

Physicists have achieved record temperature reductions of more than 40 °C using radiative cooling, which beams heat through the atmosphere

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First exoplanet weather report shows clouds of ruby and sapphire

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First exoplanet weather report shows clouds of ruby and sapphire

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City rooftops have been collecting cosmic dust that falls from the sky

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Cosmic dust grains found on city rooftops for the first time

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Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity took its first solo flight after a 2014 accident this weekend

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Virgin Galactic takes first solo glide flight since 2014 crash

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

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ESA approves 2020 ExoMars rover despite crash earlier this year

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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

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LIGO turns back on to hunt for more gravitational waves

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Apollo 17 lunar buggy

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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

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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

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

The moon of Jupiter is in an almost constant state of eruption - and its most persistent volcano, Loki Patera, keeps an unsteady rhythm

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First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off

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

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

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