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Category: WIRED

This is what the new lunar space station will look like

The Russian and US space agencies have announced a deal to create a space station in orbit around the Moon. … More

Mercury poisoning and fire gilding: the science behind S-Town

If you haven’t listened to S-Town, one of the best podcasts of 2017, I need to address two points. First, what have you … More

We’re lucky Earth isn’t caught in a permanent Ice Age

The Earth might be more special than we previously thought. A new scientific study has found that if we were … More

The asteroid belt might actually be a giant a cosmic refugee camp

The origin of the asteroid belt is closely linked to the history of our Solar System, and astronomers thought they … More

This exo-inferno planet has titanium in its atmosphere

The light from an alien world has been examined in more detail than any before, revealing the first detection of … More

A big reservoir of water might be lurking under the Moon’s surface

How much water is there on the Moon? It depends who you ask. Recently a few studies have come out … More

Quantum encrypted box hints at unhackable communication

Quantum-encrypted communication and quantum computing promise to be safer and more secure ways of communicating, but a variety of challenges are keeping these goals … More

In space, nobody can make it hurt less when you pee

On September 21, an experiment will blast into orbit in an attempt to find a treatment for a very specific … More

How does Elon Musk’s spacesuit design stack up against Nasa’s?

Elon Musk has unveiled the first glimpse of the spacesuit astronauts will wear aboard his SpaceX Dragon Capsule. The suits, revealed … More

Pack an umbrella, it’s probably raining diamonds on Uranus

Making diamond out of plastic might sound like something straight out of science fiction, but the process has now been achieved in … More

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