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Health

How working out like an astronaut can reduce back pain and slow ageing

The same principles that help astronauts stay strong in microgravity can help us all resist the slow collapse of ageing – and it’s not all about hitting the gym more

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Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

Space

Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

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Space

Maggie Aderin's dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

Culture

Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Space

Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

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Person looking up at starry night at Spiral Jetty, USA. Provider: Alamy Stock Photo Source: www.alamy.com Copyright: Celestine Dagli/Alamy

Physics

Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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Fractal conceptual illustration of supersymmetry or superstrings. Supersymmetry (SUSY) is a particle physics theory that proposes a type of spacetime symmetry relating two basic classes of elementary particles: bosons, which have an integer-valued 'spin', and fermions, which have a half-integer spin. If supersymmetry is a true symmetry of nature, it would explain many mysterious features of particle physics and would help solve paradoxes such as the cosmological constant problem. There is only indirect evidence for the existence of supersymmetry, primarily in the form of evidence for gauge coupling unification. Direct confirmation would entail production of superpartners at collider experiments, such as at the Large Hadron Collider.

Space

A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions really exist

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Space

NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover

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Space

How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?

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Astronauts practise tasks in simulated moon environment and underwater. Astronauts have been practising walking on the Moon as their next-generation spacesuit passes milestone testing. NASA astronauts and spacesuit engineers recently simulated lunar surface operations and tasks underwater wearing the new suits, built by Axiom Space, to demonstrate safety and mobility. The space agency reported Thursday (Feb 12) that the spacesuit has passed a contractor-led technical review and is hoped to be used for the Artemis III mission as NASA prepares to send humans to the Moon???s South Pole for the first time. NASA said:

Space

Amazing sneak peek of NASA's spacesuit tests as moon mission nears

NASA crew members practise emergency rescue drills in a 40-foot-deep pool simulating the lunar surface, as part of tests on a new generation of spacesuit, the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

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Physics

The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

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Space

The best map of dark matter has revealed never-before-seen structures

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