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Future astronauts will need places to live on Mars

Space

New NASA teams will make human Mars missions light and efficient

NASA just funded two new institutes to develop technology for future space missions: one to make lighter materials, one to help build with the resources on Mars itself

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

Life

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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Space debris glows and burns on re-entry over Pacific

Space

Turn satellites into sparkling fireworks to burn up space junk

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spaceman

Space

A space travel guide for your first holiday off-planet

Culture

Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three

Space

Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three

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Magnetic meteorites narrow down solar system’s birthdate

Space

Magnetic meteorites narrow down solar system’s birthdate

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Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

Life

Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

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Lander looking for life

Space

NASA wants to put a lander on Europa’s surface to look for life

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Person in space suit floating high above Earth

Space

Tweet me, I'm about to die in space

Culture

Space junk satellite

Space

Space junk collector burns up after hitting snag in first test

A JAXA spacecraft designed to clear Earth's neighbourhood of debris with an electrified cable re-entered the atmosphere this morning after a failed mission

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Technology

Bat-inspired robot swoops and dives like the real thing

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Space

Tiny spacecraft could brake at exoplanet using alien starlight

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Space

When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success

Features

Space

Lost in space: Two books on the forgotten women of astroscience

Culture

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