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The Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout seen from Hayabusa 2

Space

Third lander arrives on asteroid Ryugu with only 16 hours to live

Japan has just dropped off its third lander on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. It has less than a day to complete its mission before its batteries run out

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tapping fingers

Humans

Idly tapping your fingers can make you think time has slowed down

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China's Tiangong-2 space station is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere

Space

China's Tiangong-2 space station is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere

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Ryan Gosling in a space suit

Space

First Man: Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle on faking the moon landing

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A picture of a radio telescope

Space

Why haven't we heard from aliens? Because we've barely started looking

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The rocky surface of asteroid Ryugu

Space

Japanese space hoppers capture the sun moving across an asteroid sky

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Apollo 11 movie

Space

Lunar renaissance: start celebrating Earth's first moon landing

Culture

Elon Musk and Yusaku Maezawa

Space

SpaceX’s billionaire moon trip is all about building a luxury brand

Analysis

A person in a Mars simulation

Space

A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain

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Space

Japan wants people to virtually embody avatars orbiting in space

The Japanese space programme has partnered with an airline to build humanoid robots to assist astronauts and allow people on the ground to experience space

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Space

Don't miss: Apes get ideas, hole becomes art, games lose boundaries

Culture

Did someone deliberately sabotage the International Space Station?

Analysis

Space

People calling Ryan Gosling's First Man unpatriotic are stuck in 1969

Comment

Technology

A trip into the past: Swiss watches, Korean ginseng and UK tea breaks

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