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space exploration

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Tiangong space station

China’s orbiting base, which was completed in 2022, has three modules for scientific experiments in microgravity and can house up to six astronauts
LightSail 2

Space

SpaceX is about to launch a sail propelled through space by sunshine

News

Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

Space

Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

Culture

Mercury

Space

How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

Features

A comet in the solar system

Space

ESA plans triple spacecraft to lurk in wait for a speedy comet

News

Albert Einstein smoking a pip

People in Science

Albert Einstein

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

Space

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

News

Cosmic microwave background

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Cosmic microwave background

General_relativity

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General relativity

Hubble Space Telescope

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Hubble Space Telescope

 

Space

Mission to Mars: The complete guide to getting to the Red Planet

Features

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Second law of thermodynamics

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Black holes

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Earthrise

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