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space exploration

China launches a space station and wants an even bigger one

Space

China launches a space station and wants an even bigger one

Tiangong-2 is another step in the long march towards China's goal of a permanent space station – and to signal that it won't play second fiddle to the US

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67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Space

Rosetta set for a grand finale by diving into cometary cave

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A comparison of rockets

Space

Blue Origin unveils big new rocket that will put humans in orbit

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Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo in flight

Space

Virgin Galactic returns to the skies two years after fatal crash

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CSI Eta Carinae: Clouds suggest odd star's history of violence

Space

CSI Eta Carinae: Clouds suggest odd star's history of violence

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Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely

Life

Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely

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SpaceX rocket blows up during routine test ahead of launch

Space

SpaceX rocket blows up during routine test ahead of launch

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Russian telescope

Life

Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank

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The RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

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Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

Life

Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

We’ve just found a potentially habitable exoplanet nearby, but monthly violent outbursts from the star Proxima Centauri could be bad news for life

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Space

Tale of world of supersmart spiders takes Clarke SF award

Culture

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

Space

Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement

Leader

Space

Interstellar probes will be eroded on the way to Alpha Centauri

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