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Perseverance rover

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NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time

The MOXIE experiment, which flew with NASA’s Perseverance rover to Mars, has turned some of the planet’s carbon dioxide atmosphere into clean, breathable oxygen

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Expansion of the universe

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How old is the universe?

Blue Origin’s latest launch brings it close to sending humans to space

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Blue Origin’s latest launch brings it close to sending humans to space

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Daisy Ridley as Viola Eade and Tom Holland as Todd Hewitt in Chaos Walking

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Chaos Walking review: Unsettling sci-fi that exposes men’s thoughts

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A rocket in space

Space

The US plans to put a nuclear-powered rocket in orbit by 2025

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Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system?

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Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system?

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Dr Wernher von Braun

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Wernher von Braun

Satellite

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Satellite that can clean up space junk with a magnet about to launch

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How deep is the Mariana trench?

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How deep is the Mariana trench?

Lunar base

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Kilometre-high concrete towers on the moon could power a lunar base

The moon’s lower gravity makes it practical to build huge towers covered in solar panels, using the lunar soil to create concrete. Such a tower at the moon’s south pole could power a crewed base

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Physics

Photonic laser thruster could power spacecraft from Earth

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Space

We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity

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Physics

Did time flow in two directions from the big bang, making two futures?

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Space

Space junk foils astronomers observing oldest galaxy in the universe

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