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Immunofluorescence imaging of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes grown in microgravity aboard the ISS

Space

Spaceflight alters heart cells but they quickly recover back on Earth

Spaceflight causes thousands of changes in the ways heart cell genes are expressed, but these revert mostly to normal within weeks of being back on Earth

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Perseid meteor shower

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Perseid meteor shower

Meteor Crater, Arizona

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The space-junk calamity that could cut us off from the cosmos

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Teasel Muir-Harmony

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Apollo collection curator on what Neil Armstrong took to the moon

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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Blue Moon

Space

Blue Origin assembles space industry dream team to build moon lander

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Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

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Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

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NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

Space

NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

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Live: UK's first space rover, Tim Peake and the real life rocket man

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Live: UK's first space rover, Tim Peake and the real life rocket man

We'll be live streaming several talks from 51¶¯Âþ Live including British astronaut Tim Peake's question and answer session, the full announcement of SpaceBit's plans for the first British lunar rover and the real life rocket man Sam Rogers

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Born in the big bang: How ancient black holes could save cosmology

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock on space travel and humanity's future

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UK space academy boss Anu Ojha on what finding aliens might mean

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Space

We can send a probe to interstellar comet Borisov – but not until 2030

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