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Tardigrade

Space

Tardigrades could survive interstellar travel in extreme hibernation

The microscopic organisms have previously survived exposure to the vacuum of space and are able to hibernate using just 0.01 per cent of their normal energy

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Blue Origin space station

Space

Can Blue Origin help replace the International Space Station?

Analysis

Satellites and junk are littering space and ruining our night skies

Space

Satellites and junk are littering space and ruining our night skies

Features

Steve Chien interview: Why NASA is inventing curious AI for deep space

Space

Steve Chien interview: Why NASA is inventing curious AI for deep space

Features

How the Hubble Telescope opened a new window on the cosmos

Space

How the Hubble Telescope opened a new window on the cosmos

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Spacecraft and asteroid

Space

UAE will send spacecraft to visit Venus and land on an asteroid

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White dwarf

Space

Weird white dwarf that is colder than it should be defies explanation

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William Shatner

Space

Blue Origin is taking Star Trek’s William Shatner to space for real

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Tim Peake

Video

Tim Peake: The future of humans in space

Video

A selfie taken in space by the crew of Inspiration4, including Christopher Sembroski, Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor and Hayley Arceneaux

Space

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 marks a shift towards privacy for space tourists

The Inspiration4 mission was the first orbital space flight to carry only private passengers and was mostly not broadcast publicly, a surprising change from the space agency transparency

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021

Video

Space

UK night skies will be among worst hit by satellite megaconstellations

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Space

SpaceX is about to send the first ever all-amateur mission into orbit

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Space

Should we ban space weapons to stop the huge space junk problem?

Analysis

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