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Unsung heroes of the year 2023
Under the radar The Week salutes those whose remarkable achievements deserve greater recognition
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Lift-off in Shetland Islands for UK's first vertical spaceport
Speed reads SaxaVord Spaceport aims to begin rocket launches next summer
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The Moon's man-made problems
The Explainer Scientists warn of advent of 'Lunar Anthropocene' era as human visits alter the Moon's surface
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Humans are polluting the upper atmosphere with flaming space junk
Speed Read Experts are still unsure of the effects
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Yes, satellites could fall from the sky
Speed Read Debris from thousands of satellites could cause injuries
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The week's good news: Oct. 12, 2023
It wasn't all bad!
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Could AI find alien life before us?
Today's Big Question New machine-learning system could tell the origin of samples found on Earth and elsewhere
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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
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How ‘underdog’ India beat rivals to the Moon
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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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The Harvard and Papua New Guinea interstellar meteor row
feature ‘Bafflement and indignation’ from authorities after team of scientists claim recovered fragments may belong to alien spacecraft
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How can we get electricity from space?
feature Solar power harvested by satellites and beamed to Earth is no longer ‘just science fiction’, say scientists
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China launches new space crew ahead of 2030 moon expedition
In Pictures The Shenzhou-16 spacecraft is headed towards China’s space station
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Space tourists face sex bureaucracy
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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