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Space

NASA gets in touch with spacecraft two years after it vanished

The twin STEREO spacecraft went missing while testing a system that would allow it to fly behind the sun

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Contrails from planes

Earth

Chemtrails conspiracy theory gets put to the ultimate test

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China's quantum communications satellite launches

Space

China launches world's first quantum communications satellite

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The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

Space

The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

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A drone hovers in a forest

Technology

Expensive drones take flying lessons from cheaper stunt doubles

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Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

Space

Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

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Space

Inside NASA's towering rocket factory before deep space mission

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter

Space

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter

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Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good

Space

Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good

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Astronauts prepare for Mars mission at the bottom of the sea

Space

Astronauts prepare for Mars mission at the bottom of the sea

An international crew of astronauts dove to the Aquarius Reef Base to try out technologies for future journeys to Mars

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Space

Six science fiction novels you should be reading

Culture

Space

No more space race rhetoric: it's not just about the US any more

Comment

Space

Next-gen Mars orbiters to help human missions become more real

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Space

Einstein's clock: The doomed black hole to set your watch by

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