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Proxima B

Space

Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement

Current starshot ventures to get to our new neighbour are too expensive to be practical, but finding out more about the planet should be a high priority

Leader

a yellow sail, a bit like a starfish

Space

Interstellar probes will be eroded on the way to Alpha Centauri

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stereo B

Space

NASA gets in touch with spacecraft two years after it vanished

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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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Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

Space

Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

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rocket factory

Space

Inside NASA's towering rocket factory before deep space mission

Regulars

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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