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Deinococcus radiodurans

Life

Radiation-resistant bacteria could survive journey from Earth to Mars

Bacteria strapped to the outside of the International Space Station were still alive three years later, suggesting that microbes could travel on asteroids between planets

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Inside the incredibly slow race to reinvent time

Physics

Inside the incredibly slow race to reinvent time

Features

Arecibo damage

Space

Snapped cable slashes a devastating hole in Arecibo radio telescope

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ESA's dazzling laser hunts for atmospheric pollution in the Antarctic

Space

ESA's dazzling laser hunts for atmospheric pollution in the Antarctic

Regulars

Why dark matter should be called something else

Space

Why dark matter should be called something else

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Starship

Space

SpaceX’s prototype Mars rocket has flown for the first time

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Panspermia

Definition

Panspermia

Goldilocks zone (KEPLER 1649)

Definition

Goldilocks zone

Cosmology's new advances show our voyage of discovery is far from over

Space

Cosmology's new advances show our voyage of discovery is far from over

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night sky

Space

The best view of the stars from Earth is on a hill in Antarctica

The best place on Earth from which to look at the night sky is a hill of ice in Antarctica – a telescope built there could take clearer images than could happen anywhere else

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Space

NASA has launched its Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter

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Video

Katherine Joy: Uncovering the secrets of the moon

Video

Space

Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings

Features

Space

Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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