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The Artemis II crew, from left: Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen

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Why I can’t stop listening to the playlist for Artemis II鈥檚 astronauts

For years, NASA has woken its space-bound astronauts with playlists chosen from classics of the time. The musical line-up was a bit different for the Artemis II crew 鈥� and it鈥檚 a delight

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Our verdict on Claire North鈥檚 space opera Slow Gods: a big thumbs-up

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Jupiter鈥檚 deepest mysteries were hidden in shadow. Now we can see them

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Dr Becky Smethurst in front of a milky way reconstruction
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We still don’t know how black holes get so big | Becky Smethurst

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“Physics is the antagonist” in Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods

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Sugar molecules found in interstellar space for the first time

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The book jacket of Slow Gods by Claire North

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Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North

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Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

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SELSEY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Workers from Chichester council clean spilt debris from a refrigeration container that fell from a tanker and washed ashore on the beach on December 10, 2025 in Selsey, England. A clean-up effort is underway to remove debris from England's southern coastline after sixteen containers carrying bananas and other fruit tipped off the Baltic Kipper cargo ship into the Solent strait between the Isle of Wight and British mainland. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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The best sci-fi novel in 2026 so far 鈥� plus 6 other great reads

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A spherical rocky body being destroyed in a collision.

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Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system’s violent history

The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with unruly orbits are coming into view, revealing hints of a surprising past 鈥� and the origin of Saturn's rings

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star

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