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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

We thought planets are built as huge boulders smash together. But if it is pebbles instead, that better explains why planets all spin the same way

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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India's Chandrayaan-2 missions takes off

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India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

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Mystery of universe’s expansion deepens with new cosmic calculation

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India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch

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James Lovelock standing near the sea at Chesil Beach

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James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

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The universe

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Something is seriously wrong with our understanding of the cosmos

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India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon’s south pole

India is launching its second mission to the moon, called Chandrayaan 2, on 14 July. It will land near the lunar south pole, a promising site for human exploration

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Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

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The moon race was about short-termism and control – we can do better

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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

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Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm

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