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Mandatory Credit: Photo by SpaceX/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock (10664346i) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard. NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX Demo-2 Historic Manned Launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. - 30 May 2020

Earth

Emissions from rocket launches could affect Earth's weather systems

Increasing numbers of space launches will put more black carbon high in the atmosphere, where it can trap heat from the sun

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Sentinel-3, one of the satellites used by the Copernicus programme

Space

UK may go it alone in orbit after Brexit shutout from EU space plans

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A chip from Google's Sycamore quantum computer

Technology

Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

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James Webb Space Telescope Artist Conception Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez

Space

James Webb Space Telescope was hit by a tiny space rock – but it’s OK

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Japanesa milk bread

Humans

How science can help you bake a loaf of bread that stays softer longer

Regulars

Do your own experiment to see if your teabags really are compostable

Humans

Do your own experiment to see if your teabags really are compostable

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How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

Space

How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

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Concept drawing may not reflect final content. Image by Sarner International courtesy of National Museums Liverpool

Humans

Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder review: The science behind the show

Culture

The rise of SpinLaunch, the company planning to hurl things into space

Space

The rise of SpinLaunch, the company planning to hurl things into space

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https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/index.html Artist?s impression of Himawari-8 and Himawari-9

Space

Betelgeuse star dimming puzzle solved by chance with weather satellite

The sudden dimming of Betelgeuse in 2019 has been puzzling astronomers ever since, but now we have nailed down the cause

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Video

Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: The science behind the sci-fi

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Space

Bricks made of dust from the moon and Mars could make space buildings

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Humans

How to analyse your garden soil and choose the plants to suit it

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Society

UK visa for top talent excludes graduates of African universities

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