Life
Low gravity makes astronauts prone to falling over
We need to feel a certain gravitational force to tell up from down, which has big implications for the design of objects for bases on other planets
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Space
No easy parking spot for first-ever comet landing
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Space
Europa’s icy plate tectonics may support life
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Space
Voyager 2’s view of solar system’s edge will be unique
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Physics
Earliest stars lived short, fiery lives
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Physics
Perfect harmonies: How music was built into science
Culture
Space
Small, sticky asteroids could be extra dangerous
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Space
Saturn moon may host its own Dead Sea
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Space
Comet-mapping Rosetta spacecraft prepares for duty
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Space
Leaving Earth made the moon lemon-shaped
The moon has odd lemon-like bulges on each side. A new model shows they were caused by the pull of Earth's gravity when the moon was young
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Space
Ancient Earth fossils could be found on the moon
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Physics
Strange dark stuff is making the universe too bright
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Space
Epic map reveals Mars’s geography in unrivalled detail
Regulars
Space
Disco-era spacecraft not dead, just out of gas
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