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Lost in Space-Time

Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe. You can sign up to the Lost in Space-Time newsletter here.
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3 of the most exciting space telescopes planned for launch by 2034

Space

3 of the most exciting space telescopes planned for launch by 2034

The much-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope will soon launch. But with plenty more epic astronomy instruments planned over the next few years, the fun is just beginning

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How the James Webb telescope will rewrite the story of the universe

Space

How the James Webb telescope will rewrite the story of the universe

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Newborn stars, hidden behind thick dust, are revealed in this image of a section of the so-called Christmas Tree Cluster from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The newly revealed infant stars appear as pink and red specks toward the center and appear to have formed in regularly spaced intervals along linear structures in a configuration that resembles the spokes of a wheel or the pattern of a snowflake. Hence, astronomers have nicknamed this the

Space

Sun-like stars may go through brighter phases as they grow up

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Planet Earth and Sun. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Space

Mysterious origin of Earth's water may be explained by solar wind

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WHY does time only move forward?

Physics

Why does time only move forwards? Possibly just because we’re ignorant

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Albert Einstein

Space

Lost in Space-Time newsletter: Will a twisted universe save cosmology?

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Artist's impression of `Oumuamua

Space

Earth may have grown around a rock from an alien star system

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Tardigrade

Space

Tardigrades could survive interstellar travel in extreme hibernation

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Blue Origin space station

Space

Can Blue Origin help replace the International Space Station?

Analysis

Satellites and junk are littering space and ruining our night skies

Space

Satellites and junk are littering space and ruining our night skies

We are sending ever more stuff into space, and now megaconstellations of satellites risk causing light pollution on Earth and disastrous debris in orbit - but it's not too late to save our skies

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Space

Steve Chien interview: Why NASA is inventing curious AI for deep space

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Space

How the Hubble Telescope opened a new window on the cosmos

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Space

UAE will send spacecraft to visit Venus and land on an asteroid

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Space

Weird white dwarf that is colder than it should be defies explanation

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