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space science

Northern Lights over Culloden, Scotland

Space

How to see the northern lights this winter

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are expected to be stronger than they have been for at least a decade over the next few months. Here is how to spot them

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Physics

Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs

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ORDOS, CHINA - JULY 7, 2023 - Citizens use photovoltaic energy from the roof of a shed to charge an electric vehicle at a public parking lot in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, July 7, 2023. Ordos City vigorously promotes the construction of photovoltaic power generation projects on the roofs of administrative institutions, government agencies, schools and public parking sheds. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Environment

How to reach net zero five times faster

Features

Back to the Future

Comment

The 10 best time travel movies ever made, according to a metaphysicist

Culture

Syndrome in The Incredibles

Comment

Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, according to author John Scalzi

Culture

Artist's concept of Makemake

Space

Eris and Makemake might be hiding unexpected oceans of liquid water

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Space

Data leak means anyone can see when astronauts urinate on the ISS

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Herbig-Haro 211

Space

JWST has taken an astonishing image of a baby star with powerful jets

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E036X7 Constellation Cygnus (Cyg), one of the modern constellations from

Space

It's a great time to see the Cygnus constellation – here's how

Regulars

Part of the Karman Space Programme team with their first space vehicle prototype- The Vega Mini.

Space

Reusable rocket built by students is about to launch to space

The Karman Space Programme, set up by students at Imperial College London, will attempt to launch its Aurora rocket to an altitude of 100 kilometres, the generally accepted boundary of space

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Space

The earliest black holes seen by JWST appear to be unusually massive

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Society

Can the UK’s new ARIA science agency deliver ‘moonshot’ technologies?

Analysis

Space

Why it's a big deal that India beat Russia in the new race to the moon

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Mathematics

Mathematicians find 12,000 solutions for fiendish three-body problem

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