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Nasa reveals first findings from asteroid that could explain origins of life
Speed Read Sample from Bennu has been found to contain an abundance of water and carbon
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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Astronauts return after circling Earth thousands of times while stuck in space
Speed read The astronauts were stranded on the International Space Station after their return capsule was hit by space junk
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Asteroid sample on way to Earth may help answer Big Bang questions
Speed Read Capsule of dust from Bennu will probably show signs of water and carbon: the building blocks of life
By Harriet Marsden Published
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Dark side of the Moon: will the race to lunar South Pole spark conflict?
Today's Big Question Russia and India are competing for the ‘new lunar gold’ – but real contest will be between the US and China
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How worried we should be about space debris
feature As part of a rocket washes up in Australia scientists warn ‘critical mass’ of orbital junk could only be decades away
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Nasa finds molecules on Mars
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By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Rolls-Royce gets £2.9m for ‘James Bond’ Moon project
Speed Read British engineering giant tasked with creating a nuclear reactor to power a lunar base for scientists
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Why newlyweds are posing with onions in the Philippines
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By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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How is the James Webb telescope different?
In Depth The $10bn observatory is working with its Hubble predecessor to boost space exploration
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‘New era of humankind’: Nasa crashes spacecraft into asteroid
Speed Read US space agency’s deliberate head-on impact could ‘defend Earth from doomsday scenario’
By The Week Staff Published
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Artemis 1: behind Nasa’s ‘Moon-to-Mars’ mission
feature US space agency forced to postpone launch that will eventually return humans to lunar surface
By The Week Staff Published
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals ‘unprecedented’ views of Jupiter
In Pictures Scientists hope to look back over 13.5 billion years to the formation of the universe
By Richard Windsor Published
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Mystery over moon rocket crash
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US government once ‘planned to nuke the Moon’
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