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The real truth about daily life in outer space
Should we humans be happy to live on Earth? Or is space an alternative? Astronaut Tim Peake is publishing a new book describing the most fascinating details about living without gravity.
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What life on Mars might really be like
Six astronauts have landed back in the real world following a challenging eight-month training exercise in Hawaii. Mars is 34 million miles from Earth. Would you want to live there?
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Are computers getting too clever?
Is technology changing the world for the better? Imagine sending messages with a wristband that reads your mind or paying for food with an image of your face. These are two new inventions.
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How to talk to aliens (without being killed)
Scientists have been trying to contact aliens for decades. They make an assumption that aliens are friendly and want to say hello. This may not be true. Should we drawing attention to ourselves?
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NASA prepares mission to ‘touch the sun’
A new heat resistant probe will be sent into space. Its mission: to study the sun’s activity. Will scientific research help us understand the nature of our unpredictable and powerful star?
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Two tourists to fly around the Moon in 2018
A private rocket company has announced that two private citizens have bought a flight around the Moon next year. Tickets cost $250,000. A waste of money, or the trip of a lifetime?
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Seven ‘beautiful’ Earth-sized planets found
NASA has discovered a solar system 39 light years away with a record seven planets which may support life. It shows that the universe is full of Earth-like worlds. How should it make us feel?
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Last man on the Moon: ‘It’s our destiny’
The last person to set foot on the Moon, Eugene Cernan, has died. He said the experience 44 years ago changed him deeply and forever. What can we earthlings learn from him today?
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Supermassive black holes in ‘our back garden’
Scientists have discovered giant black holes at the heart of two of Earth’s neighbouring galaxies. They are ‘like monsters hiding under your bed’. Just how scary is the universe?
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World goes crazy for rare ‘supermoon’
Last week the moon came unusually close to earth. People around the world got excited over the ‘supermoon’, as it was called. But does the moon affect our behaviour all year round?
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Daring. Crazy. Visionary. A colony on Mars
A billionaire inventor has announced plans to set up a new colony on Mars. The risk of death will be ‘high’, he says. But humans must become a ‘spacefaring civilisation’. Is it a good idea?
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New nuclear plant sparks debate over energy
Hinkley Point C, the UK’s newest nuclear plant, is under construction. It will provide generations with electricity. But some are asking whether nuclear power is the right way to do this.
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Star Trek: how sci-fi predicted the future
It has been 50 years since Star Trek soared onto America’s TV screens. Over the years it has made some uncanny predictions about technology. Could science fiction...
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NASA celebrates spectacular ride to Jupiter
On US Independence Day, NASA completed its hardest mission ever — putting a 3.5 tonne probe into Jupiter’s orbit. Is this an achievement for all of us, or the first shot in a new space race?
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Solar-powered plane soars across the Atlantic
Bertrand Piccard has become the first man to fly a solar-powered plane over the Atlantic Ocean. He did not use a single drop of fuel. Could this be the start of a world without fossil fuels?