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Everything you need to know about China’s ambitious space plans

From building its own space station, to capturing an asteroid and putting it in orbit around the Moon, China’s space … More

Everything you need to know about China’s ambitious space plans

From building its own space station, to capturing an asteroid and putting it in orbit around the Moon, China’s space … More

In 1770, a huge solar storm turned the skies of Asia red for two weeks

Almost 250 years ago, for over two weeks, the skies above parts of Asia lit up in what looked like … More

As funding falls, the ISS may have to part-privatise to stay in orbit

The future of space travel is looking increasingly private. Next year, out of four planned missions to land a rover … More

This bizarre stellar explosion goes against all we know about stars

When a massive star, more than eight times the mass of our Sun, runs out of fuel to keep it … More

We’ve spied an interstellar body in our solar system for the first time

Last week, the first comet or asteroid to come to our solar system form somewhere else was discovered. At first, astronomers were … More

Visual trick fools AI into thinking a turtle is really a rifle

When is a turtle not a turtle? When it’s a rifle. It sounds like a bad riddle but this is … More

Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuador – but there’s a fix

Bitcoin has an energy problem. The cryptocurrency and the blockchain it runs on, have long been heralded as shining examples … More

We’re closer then ever to understanding how matter interacts on the tiniest scale

It’s been a big few weeks for physics. First, in what is probably the announcement of the year, we managed … More

We need to talk about science’s sexism problem

The gender divide in science is well documented. Not only do fewer females study science subjects at school and University, … More

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