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Why dark matter should be called something else

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Why dark matter should be called something else

There are many things that we don't understand about dark matter, but whether it is actually dark isn't one of them, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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SpaceX’s prototype Mars rocket has flown for the first time

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Panspermia

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Panspermia

Goldilocks zone (KEPLER 1649)

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Goldilocks zone

Cosmology's new advances show our voyage of discovery is far from over

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Cosmology's new advances show our voyage of discovery is far from over

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Perseverance rover

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NASA has launched its Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter

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Katherine Joy: Uncovering the secrets of the moon

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Katherine Joy: Uncovering the secrets of the moon

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Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings

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Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings

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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission

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China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission

China is launching its first solo interplanetary mission, called Tianwen-1, to Mars on 23 July. If all goes well, the ambitious mission will arrive in February 2021

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The four puzzles that tell us a cosmological revolution is coming

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The United Arab Emirates is launching its first mission to Mars

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

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How many planets have been discovered?