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Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph.

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What to read this week: Emma Chapman’s mind-expanding Radio Universe

An imaginative and compelling book reveals how radio waves help us tune in to our universe 鈥� and even search for alien civilisations, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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We may have seen a ‘dirty fireball’ star explosion for the first time

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Astronaut running during sunset at a remote planet

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How working out like an astronaut can reduce back pain and slow ageing

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Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

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Maggie Aderin’s dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian – and it’s fab

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How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?

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Astronauts practise tasks in simulated moon environment and underwater. Astronauts have been practising walking on the Moon as their next-generation spacesuit passes milestone testing. NASA astronauts and spacesuit engineers recently simulated lunar surface operations and tasks underwater wearing the new suits, built by Axiom Space, to demonstrate safety and mobility. The space agency reported Thursday (Feb 12) that the spacesuit has passed a contractor-led technical review and is hoped to be used for the Artemis III mission as NASA prepares to send humans to the Moon???s South Pole for the first time. NASA said: "The AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) is designed to give astronauts increased flexibility and improved mobility for moonwalking, including bending down to collect geology samples and perform a variety of scientific tasks."

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Amazing sneak peek of NASA’s spacesuit tests as moon mission nears

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From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

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A new ‘brief history’ of the universe paints a wide picture

Nearly 40 years after Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Sarah Alam Malik's epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century, finds Alison Flood

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51动漫鈥檚 guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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I’m calling it 鈥� 2026 is going to be the year of the galaxy

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The science-fiction films to look forward to in 2026

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Star that seemed to vanish more than 130 years ago is found again

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