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Parker probe

Space

NASA is right to pay homage to the living for the first time

Naming a solar probe after astrophysicist Eugene Parker breaks the space agency’s tradition of only honouring the dead. That’s a good thing, says Geraint Lewis

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General relativity passes test at Milky Way's central black hole

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General relativity passes test at Milky Way's central black hole

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SpaceX

Space

SpaceX launches first reused Dragon capsule full of research

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LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

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LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

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Life

Send an ear: Listening for sounds of life in the solar system

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New Zealand joins the space race with Electron rocket launch

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apollo 11 launch

Space

Old Scientist: Space travel? Waste of money

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E. coli colonies

Life

Floating in microgravity gives bacteria permanent genetic boost

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Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star

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Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star

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Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery

Space

Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery

A young neutron star is probably the source of a strange repeating signal previously tracked to a dwarf galaxy 2.4 billion light years away

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Space

First mission to the moon: The real lesson

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Space

Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

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Space

Mouse sperm sent into space produces healthy IVF babies

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Space

Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

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