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How a Soviet space station became a symbol of space cooperation
Many disasters befell the space station Mir, not least the collapse of the state that built…
Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality
We’re only just grasping how cosmic black holes and Einstein’s theories relate – and that deepens…
Sci-fi film Aniara's best trick is to make the future feel like now
Aniara’s story of an interplanetary cruiser thrown off-course is one of 2019’s smartest movies because it…
SpaceX satellite near miss shows need for rules of the road in space
Two satellites have almost collided in space. With the number of satellites set to increase 10…
We may have seen signs of an exomoon spewing out volcanic gas
Astronomers have spotted a plume of sodium near a distant planet. The gas is so far…
Puzzling signals seen by LIGO may be gravitational wave split in two
LIGO has seen two gravitational waves in the same day in a similar place. This puzzling…
Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure
Next-generation telescopes and new ways of detecting life on other planets are transforming the search for…
SpaceX’s Starhopper has made its highest and final test flight
Starhopper, SpaceX’s prototype of the spacecraft the firm plans to use to bring humans to Mars,…
Five of Jupiter’s newly discovered moons have been given names
Last year, astronomers announced they’d found 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter, and now five of them have…