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The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

Space

The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

A Mercury-sized exoplanet is being blown apart like a dandelion – and magnetic hotspots on its star could make things worse

News

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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carbon nanotubes

Technology

Carbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground

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Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

Space

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

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Gravity probe LISA Pathfinder achieves best ever free fall

Space

Gravity probe LISA Pathfinder achieves best ever free fall

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Idle Motion's <i>Voyager</i> struggles to clear the tower

Space

Idle Motion's Voyager struggles to clear the tower

CultureLab

Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

Space

Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

News

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Space

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

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India's reusable space plane takes its first test flight

Space

India's reusable space plane takes its first test flight

The Reusable Launch Vehicle, which resembles a mini space shuttle, splashed down in the Bay of Bengal on Monday after a successful first launch

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Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

News

Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

News

Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

News

Space

SpaceX Mars mission is a chance to hunt for life on the planet

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