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A laser pushes a mini spacecraft's light sail in this artist's impression

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A mission to Alpha Centauri affirms humanity's faith in the future

Designing and building spacecraft that can traverse 4.3 light years in just two decades is an unprecedented challenge, but one well worth undertaking

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Everything you need to know about the first black hole image

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Everything you need to know about the first black hole image

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First ever real image of a black hole revealed

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First ever real image of a black hole revealed

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Swabbing for microbes in space

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NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria

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NASA's method of paying for its giant rocket belongs in the Apollo era

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moon

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Sorry, but NASA probably isn't sending astronauts to the moon in 2024

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The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

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The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

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space junk

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Our most pressing space mission is to clear decades of orbiting junk

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spinning Earth artwork

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There’s so much junk in space that our satellites will soon be at risk

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

NASA scheduled the first ever spacewalk with only female astronauts this week, but it has been cancelled because there isn't enough time to configure a spacesuit that fits

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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

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Toilet on International Space Station gets a bacteria-killing upgrade

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Distant space rock Ultima Thule formed in a slow and gentle collision

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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