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The 60mm2 wafer that could work as a light sail

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Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star sooner

A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail punctured with billions of tiny holes

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Space travel may make muscles age extremely quickly

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Earth viewed from the moon

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Moon bases will need to be 3 metres underground to avoid radiation

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Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas

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Zombie galaxy came back to life after 20 million years

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Wireframe view of the east and west walls, and floor, of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit

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Deep pit on moon may be entrance to cave that could act as lunar base

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This photograph shows the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) at the Arizona Radio Observatory, at an altitude of 3100 metres on Mount Graham in Arizona, USA. https://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/images/eso1229d/?lang

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The physicist who wants to build a telescope bigger than Earth

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Ariane 6 rocket launch: What is it and when is it happening?

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Is the universe a game?

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‘Little red dot’ galaxies are breaking theories of cosmic evolution

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted hundreds of odd, distant galaxies that seem to either produce an impossible amount of stars or host black holes far more enormous than they should be

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Why our location in the Milky Way is perfect for finding alien life

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How big is the universe? The shape of space-time could tell us

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Are space and time illusions? The answer could lie in black holes

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Stunning JWST image proves we were right about how young stars form

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