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The forgotten navigation system that could show GPS the door

Satnav regulates everything from power grids to air traffic control, but it’s desperately insecure. A cheaper, overlooked alternative is waiting in the wings

Features

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

Earth

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

News

Satellite images reveal how powerful North Korea’s nukes are

Physics

Satellite images reveal how powerful North Korea’s nukes are

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Man looks at globe surrounded by mini satellites mounted on metal arcs

Space

The UK's plan to build a rival GPS is a bonkers Brexit scheme

Analysis

neon swirls

Space

The neon swirls that show how a map of our galaxy is made

Regulars

Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has finally fallen from the sky

Space

Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has finally fallen from the sky

News

The Humanity Star satellite

Space

Space ‘disco ball’ satellite just fell back down to Earth

News

Start-up accused of launching mini satellites without permission

Space

Start-up accused of launching mini satellites without permission

News

We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

Space

We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

News

Two satellites scrambling into orbit after launch went wrong

Space

Two satellites scrambling into orbit after launch went wrong

The two satellites are moving themselves into orbit after the rocket carrying them lost contact with Earth, causing it to offload them in the wrong place

News

Earth

Spy balloons flying 40km up track drug smugglers on the ground

News

Technology

Spy balloons flying 40km up track drug smugglers on the ground

News

Space

Spaceplanes may be the best hope in war on deadly orbiting junk

Comment

Space

The 'space nation' Asgardia just launched its first satellite

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