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Milky Way’s bulge may have been formed by the galaxy buckling

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Milky Way’s bulge may have been formed by the galaxy buckling

The origin of the bump at the centre of many disc galaxies has long puzzled astronomers, but now there’s evidence it could be due to a cosmic kink

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tim peake smiling, and reclining in microgravity presumably on the ISS

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Tim Peake: Robots won’t replace me for 100 years

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Resurrected radio dish could guide GPS on the moon

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Resurrected radio dish could guide GPS on the moon

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Two kaleidoscopic columns made up of leaves and fronds

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Missing the natural world? Just add multimedia

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NASA’s Juno probe enters near-perfect orbit around Jupiter

NASA’s Juno probe enters near-perfect orbit around Jupiter

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NASA approves new far-flung destination for Pluto space probe

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NASA approves new far-flung destination for Pluto space probe

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Rocket booster fires at bottom of valley

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Up close with the awesome power of NASA's biggest ever rocket

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Fiery exoplanet may see a trillion lightning flashes in an hour

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Fiery exoplanet may see a trillion lightning flashes in an hour

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Illustration of Juno above Jupiter

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NASA's Juno spacecraft gears up for a whirlwind tour of Jupiter

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Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

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Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Forty years ago, the Viking mission set the stage for real science in space – and without a human in sight. The Smithsonian pays tribute

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Massive stunning aurora glows over Jupiter's north pole

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Watch a Cygnus spacecraft burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere

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Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

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China plans for space station with most powerful rocket launch

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