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NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope
The Swift observatory will now re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a few months, after a mission to boost it higher failed
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This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire
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How ancient trees are warning us about the next enormous solar storm
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SpaceX crash site on moon revealed by South Korean orbiter
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Dive into an in-depth history of the realities of space exploration
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Why I can’t stop listening to the playlist for Artemis II’s astronauts
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Our verdict on Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods: a big thumbs-up
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Jupiter’s deepest mysteries were hidden in shadow. Now we can see them
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We still don’t know how black holes get so big | Becky Smethurst
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“Physics is the antagonist” in Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods
The author of space opera Slow Gods digs into the details of exploring what happens when a planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system
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Sugar molecules found in interstellar space for the first time
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Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North
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Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova
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The best sci-fi novel in 2026 so far – plus 6 other great reads
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