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Single swift against grey sky

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Swifts break record by staying aloft for 10 months at a time

Common swifts probably sleep and mate on the wing, and juvenile birds may fly even longer than adults – perhaps for two years non-stop

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

Space

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

Space

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

Space

Pluto may sport clouds of poisonous acid and flammable gases

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Space craft pictured next to Mars

Space

Get ready for ESA's white-knuckle descent to the Red Planet

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ExoMars nearing the Red Planet

Space

ExoMars spacecraft splits in two to explore Mars surface and air

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Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET - or human error

Space

Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET - or human error

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Uranus might have two dark moons we've never seen before

Space

Uranus might have two dark moons we've never seen before

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Our universe contains 10 times more galaxies than we thought

Space

Our universe contains 10 times more galaxies than we thought

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Disco-ball sail propelled by laser could fly to a nearby star

Space

Disco-ball sail propelled by laser could fly to a nearby star

Breakthrough Starshot aims to send an interstellar probe to a neighbouring star system. A design for a laser-propelled sail suggests how that just might work

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Space

Blue Origins in-flight escape system set for test launch

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Space

Blue Origin test of escape system for space tourists a success

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Space

China plans world’s biggest spaceplane to carry 20 tourists

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Space

Rosetta's biggest hits: The comet chaser's top seven discoveries

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