Life
Floating in microgravity gives bacteria permanent genetic boost
Life in simulated zero gravity turns bacteria into reproductive powerhouses and may help them form tough colonies that could pose a risk to humans in space
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Space
First mission to the moon: The real lesson
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Space
No crew planned for NASA’s first Space Launch System mission
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Physics
Plasma jet engines that could take you from the ground to space
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Environment
Final demands: We explore sci-fi’s unworldly money troubles
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Humans
What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?
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Space
Cassini takes first plunge between Saturn’s rings
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Space
Quickest we could visit another star is 69 years 鈥� here鈥檚 how
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Space
Satellite swarms could increase space junk risk by 50 per cent
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Space
NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts
The space agency just announced the recipients of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which kickstarts researchers鈥� so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas
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Space
Go at throttle up: The secret world of NASA鈥檚 mission control
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Space
Watching SpaceX鈥檚 historic relaunch and landing of a used rocket
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Space
SpaceX test-fires engines ahead of rocket re-launch
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Space
ExoMars dips into the Martian atmosphere to sniff for life
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