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Disco-ball sail propelled by laser could fly to a nearby star

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Disco-ball sail propelled by laser could fly to a nearby star

Breakthrough Starshot aims to send an interstellar probe to a neighbouring star system. A design for a laser-propelled sail suggests how that just might work

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Blue Origins in-flight escape system set for test launch

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Blue Origin test of escape system for space tourists a success

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Blue Origin test of escape system for space tourists a success

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China plans world’s biggest spaceplane to carry 20 tourists

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Rosetta's biggest hits: The comet chaser's top seven discoveries

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Rosetta's biggest hits: The comet chaser's top seven discoveries

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Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last

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Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last

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Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought

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Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought

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Red Planet with rocket homing in

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Elon Musk's spectacular plan to colonise Mars lacks substance

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Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

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Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

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World's largest telescope array takes its deepest view yet

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World's largest telescope array takes its deepest view yet

The ALMA array has checked out the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which contains 10,000 galaxies in a single image, to make the deepest millimetre-wavelength image of the sky

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Farewell to Rosetta, the comet mission that captivated the world

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New NASA budget could put asteroid-grabbing mission in jeopardy

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‘Alien megastructure’ star may be explained by interstellar junk

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China launches a space station and wants an even bigger one

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