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This gecko-inspired robot could finally help us clean up space

Space

This gecko-inspired robot could finally help us clean up space

Abigail Beall

SpaceX successfully launches two Falcon 9 rockets in one weekend

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SpaceX successfully launches two Falcon 9 rockets in one weekend

Liat Clark

Finding alien life across the Universe is more a question of when, not if

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Finding alien life across the Universe is more a question of when, not if

James Temperton

Curiosity Rover is now running science experiments without human help

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Curiosity Rover is now running science experiments without human help

Matt Burgess

Memories of the Moon landings are at risk of dying with the last remaining Apollo astronauts

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Memories of the Moon landings are at risk of dying with the last remaining Apollo astronauts

James Temperton

Stephen Hawking warns that if we don't leave this planet soon, we will be annihilated

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Stephen Hawking warns that if we don't leave this planet soon, we will be annihilated

James Temperton

Nasa has found 10 new planets that could host alien life

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Nasa has found 10 new planets that could host alien life

Abigail Beall

Nasa's control centre from The Martian has been rebuilt in London – and you can step inside

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Nasa's control centre from The Martian has been rebuilt in London – and you can step inside

Bonnie Christian

Einstein's 'impossible' star theory has been proved by the Hubble telescope

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Einstein's 'impossible' star theory has been proved by the Hubble telescope

Abigail Beall

'Cosmic void' theory suggests our Universe is like Swiss cheese and we live in one of its holes

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'Cosmic void' theory suggests our Universe is like Swiss cheese and we live in one of its holes

Abigail Beall

The best space images from May

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The best space images from May

Matt Burgess

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jean Michel-Jarre receive the 2017 Stephen Hawking Medal

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Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jean Michel-Jarre receive the 2017 Stephen Hawking Medal

Alexandra Simon-Lewis

Mars was once covered in so much water, its heavy rainfall shaped the planet's landscape

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Mars was once covered in so much water, its heavy rainfall shaped the planet's landscape

Liat Clark

Nasa discovers extreme exoplanet that's hotter than most stars in the known Universe

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Nasa discovers extreme exoplanet that's hotter than most stars in the known Universe

Abigail Beall

Mars mission astronauts must ‘prepare for non-survivable illnesses or injuries’

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Mars mission astronauts must ‘prepare for non-survivable illnesses or injuries’

Libby Plummer

India's Moon Shot: the unlikely outsiders shooting for the lunar X-Prize

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India's Moon Shot: the unlikely outsiders shooting for the lunar X-Prize

Simon Parkin

Elon Musk: 'Leaving Paris agreement is not good for America or the world'

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Elon Musk: 'Leaving Paris agreement is not good for America or the world'

Victoria Woollaston-Webber

Nasa's mission to Sun renamed after astrophysicist behind solar wind theory

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Nasa's mission to Sun renamed after astrophysicist behind solar wind theory

Matt Burgess

Astronomers take a step closer to proving event horizons around black holes do exist

Physics

Astronomers take a step closer to proving event horizons around black holes do exist

Victoria Woollaston-Webber

Nasa's Juno mission reveals cyclones the size of Earth engulf Jupiter's poles

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Nasa's Juno mission reveals cyclones the size of Earth engulf Jupiter's poles

Victoria Woollaston-Webber