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Smallest satellite ever paves way for planned interstellar fleet

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Smallest satellite ever paves way for planned interstellar fleet

Breakthrough Starshot, the $100 million project to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, successfully operated a mini-satellite in orbit for the first time

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

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

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

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

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

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Illustration showing Moon Express probe against lunar backdrop

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Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

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First close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

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First close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

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Quantum cheques could be a forgery-free way to move money

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VP Mike Pence on a NASA tour

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Mike Pence says he touched NASA equipment on a dare

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China's Long March 5 rocket sits on the launch pad

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Rocket failure may delay China’s space station and moon missions

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Why Morocco loves its meteorites

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Why Morocco loves its meteorites

Why have more space rocks been recovered in Morocco than in other countries of a similar size? It’s a great question for the world’s Asteroid Day

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Sun’s gravity could power interstellar video streaming

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Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junk

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Mary Somerville: Queen of 19th-century science

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Planets in other star systems fit a puzzling pattern

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