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Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?

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Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?

What happens to matter in a black hole? The question has spawned many paradoxes, and in an extract from his latest book, physics superstar Carlo Rovelli proposes an answer

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Two old spacecraft just avoided catastrophically colliding in orbit

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Two old spacecraft just avoided catastrophically colliding in orbit

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International Space Station image shows beauty of the world's oceans

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International Space Station image shows beauty of the world's oceans

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Arrokoth

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Space rock Arrokoth may have been flattened by the heat of the sun

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Missions to confirm signs of life on Venus are already in the works

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Missions to confirm signs of life on Venus are already in the works

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To understand signs of life on Venus we must do chemistry on Earth

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To understand signs of life on Venus we must do chemistry on Earth

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Alien life may exist on Venus but intelligence could be harder to find

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Alien life may exist on Venus but intelligence could be harder to find

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Why we're in for a long wait to hear from intelligent aliens

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Why we're in for a long wait to hear from intelligent aliens

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Perseverance

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Perseverance Mars landing: Will NASA find life?

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Meet NASA's latest Mars Rover: Will Perseverance find life in 2021?

Meet NASA's latest Mars Rover: Will Perseverance find life in 2021?

Perseverance is the first NASA mission to explicitly look for signs of ancient life. It will also test the first extraterrestrial helicopter and prepare for human exploration.

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Most space travellers are men despite slow rise in female astronauts

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Life in the toxic clouds of Venus

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It’s time to for us to revisit Venus to uncover its many mysteries

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Glittering image of Andromeda galaxy takes top photography award

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