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More giant Earth-like exoplanets will be found next year

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Artist's impression of sunrise on another world

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If Earth-like planet Proxima b has life, what might it be like?

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Flash fiction competition winners

Flash fiction competition winners

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Kelvin 2.0 by Stephen Baxter

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Comment: Can fiction make a difference?

Comment: Can fiction make a difference?

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Life

The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen (2005)

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No small step for a woman

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Mars or bust

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First forty years of space

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They'll be back

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A Tribble's Guide to Space by Alan Tribble

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Space

So near and yet . . .

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