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MetLife Tower

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Final demands: We explore sci-fi's unworldly money troubles

Humanity may struggle to meet the costs of the futures featured in our round-up of recent science fiction books by Abigail Nussbaum

Culture

What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

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What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

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Saturn

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Watch Cassini's first two dives between Saturn and its rings

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Saturn

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Cassini takes first plunge between Saturn's rings

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An astronaut in a spacesuit during a space walk

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NASA might run out of space suits before it quits the ISS

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

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First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

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First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

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Europa

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Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice

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Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

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Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

The moon of Saturn is best known for its watery plumes, which make it a good place to seek life – and the cracks that release the plumes may tell us more

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Quickest we could visit another star is 69 years – here’s how

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Satellite swarms could increase space junk risk by 50 per cent

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Many tiny galaxies could host mammoth black holes

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Saturn's flying saucer moon Atlas has a smooth fluffy edge

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