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Space

How India has slowly but surely become a major player in space

India’s space agency has been remarkably successful in recent years, growing the country’s prestige on the global stage – and the 2024 election is unlikely to change that

Analysis

Space

Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems

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We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology

Space

We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology

Features

Astronaut on strange, rocky alien planet.

Comment

Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

Culture

Space

One of the biggest mysteries of cosmology may finally be solved

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Mathematics

The mathematician who worked out how to time travel

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How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

Chemistry

How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

Regulars

The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

Culture

Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night

Space

Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night

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Early galaxy seen by JWST contains giant young stars and supernovae

Space

Early galaxy seen by JWST contains giant young stars and supernovae

The light signature from GLASS-z12, one of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen, suggests some of its stars have already exploded as supernovae

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Space

NASA’s Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon

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Space

See the messages NASA is sending to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa

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Space

Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

Culture

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