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space shuttle

Artist impression

Space

Trio of stars shows Einstein is still right about relativity

A fundamental rule of general relativity has passed its most extreme test yet, courtesy of the movements of three distant stars

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globe

Space

Australia is launching a space agency, but what will it do?

Analysis

Artist's impression of a NASA habitat

Space

Colonists could use genetically modified bacteria to settle Mars

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Earth

Space

Crewed missions to the moon and Mars need dreamers and doers

Leader

space launch system

Space

Giant rocket simulator helps engineers tweak before first launch

Regulars

spacewalk

Space

Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA

Insight

Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force

Space

Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force

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CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Technology

CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Culture

Richard Branson

Space

Why Richard Branson's promises about space tourism are empty

Comment

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

Space

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

For the last 6 months, the New Horizons spacecraft that flew past Pluto in 2015 has been in hibernation, hurtling towards a distant rock – it has just woken up

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Space

Cosmic cooperation is just what space exploration needs

Leader

Earth

Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

Regulars

Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

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Space

China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

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