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First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off

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First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off

The US's latest weather satellite, due to launch 19 November, will be the first to watch lightning continuously, as well as monitor the sun and space weather

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EM drive

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

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Space

China's space station now has insects, weeds and rice on board

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sputnik

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The inventions of our lifetime, picked by the people who know

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Europa

Life

Spacecraft could taste Europa's sea by sampling its atmosphere

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Monday's bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years

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Monday's bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years

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beagle

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Beagle Mars probe probably didn’t crash, new analysis shows

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I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah

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I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah

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A pair of planets passing in from of their star

Space

Exoplanet hunters are missing 75 per cent of two-star worlds

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Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions

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Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions

About a third of supernova remnants have bulging protuberances called "ears" - and these cute features could be key to understanding how supernovae are detonated

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China's Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket takes first flight

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Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars's lost lander

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Fears grow that ExoMars lander lost in final minute of descent

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Pluto may sport clouds of poisonous acid and flammable gases

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