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A rendering of a Moon Express spacecraft

Space

Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time

Competitors in the Google Lunar X Prize now have until 31 March 2018 to land a spacecraft on the moon

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Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close

Space

Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

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Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

Space

Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

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A white dust devil against the red Martian surface

Space

Mars’s surface hosts millions of towering dust devils every day

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Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

Space

Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

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Watering space cucumbers

Life

Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

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Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

Space

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

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Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

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Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

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First exomoon might have been spotted 4000 light years away

Space

First exomoon might have been spotted 4000 light years away

Astronomers may have found the first exomoon around a distant planet, and have asked to use Hubble to confirm whether the tantalising hints are a real discovery

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Space

Smallest satellite ever paves way for planned interstellar fleet

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Physics

Bigger bang theory: teach atoms new tricks to beef up explosives

Features

Space

Elon Musk seems to have ditched Red Dragon lander plan for Mars

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Space

We could build a galactic internet but it may take 300,000 years

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