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'America is becoming a nation of homebodies'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Answers to how life on Earth began could be stuck on MarsUnder the Radar Donald Trump plans to scrap Nasa's Mars Sample Return mission – stranding test tubes on the Red Planet and ceding potentially valuable information to China
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Trump officials who hold more than one jobIN THE SPOTLIGHT Wearing multiple hats has become the norm inside a White House known for a revolving door of functionaries and officials
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Why is Nasa facing a crisis?Today's Big Question Trump administration proposes 25% cut to national space agency's budget in 'extinction-level event'
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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'Moving the headquarters isn't about abandoning Washington'Instant Opinion 'Opinion, comment and editorials of the day'
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Life after space: how will Nasa's stranded astronauts cope?In the Spotlight Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore are headed back to Earth after nine months on the ISS – but their greatest challenge may still lie ahead
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Killer space rocksFeature The threat to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid has faded. Others could be headed our way.
By The Week US Published
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Spherex: Nasa's cutting-edge telescope searching for the origins of lifeThe Explainer New mission to unlock the secrets of the universe with most comprehensive map of the cosmos yet
By Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, The Week UK Published
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How worried should we be about asteroids?Today's Big Question Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth have fluctuated wildly this week
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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'Orange juice also is facing a grander existential problem'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Earth's mini-moon was the moon all alongUnder the radar More lunar rocks are likely floating in space
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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'Super Earth': the exoplanet in the 'habitable zone' for alien lifeThe Explainer HD 20794 D is located in the 'habitable zone' of a star similar to our Sun
By Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, The Week UK Published
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The moon has been listed as a threatened historic siteUnder the radar Human influence has extended to space
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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What is the future of the International Space Station?In the Spotlight A fiery retirement, launching the era of private space stations
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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