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SELSEY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Workers from Chichester council clean spilt debris from a refrigeration container that fell from a tanker and washed ashore on the beach on December 10, 2025 in Selsey, England. A clean-up effort is underway to remove debris from England's southern coastline after sixteen containers carrying bananas and other fruit tipped off the Baltic Kipper cargo ship into the Solent strait between the Isle of Wight and British mainland. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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The lunar botanist with a plan to farm vegetables on the moon

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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How ageing on Earth mimics the effects of space travel

Life on the International Space Station may feel distant, but columnist Graham Lawton finds that studying how astronauts experience accelerated ageing could help us fight similar effects on Earth related to sedentary lifestyles, disrupted circadian rhythms and social isolation

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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

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The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past

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Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

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US government releases huge batch of UFO files

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