Space exploration
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Lift-off in Shetland Islands for UK's first vertical spaceportSpeed reads SaxaVord Spaceport aims to begin rocket launches next summer
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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The Moon's man-made problemsThe Explainer Scientists warn of advent of 'Lunar Anthropocene' era as human visits alter the Moon's surface
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Humans are polluting the upper atmosphere with flaming space junkSpeed Read Experts are still unsure of the effects
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Yes, satellites could fall from the skySpeed Read Debris from thousands of satellites could cause injuries
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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The week's good news: Oct. 12, 2023It wasn't all bad!
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
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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
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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Asteroid sample on way to Earth may help answer Big Bang questionsSpeed Read Capsule of dust from Bennu will probably show signs of water and carbon: the building blocks of life
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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How ‘underdog’ India beat rivals to the Moonfeature India’s arrival on the lunar surface has sparked mass celebrations across the nation
By Felicity Capon 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
By The Week Staff Published
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The Harvard and Papua New Guinea interstellar meteor rowfeature ‘Bafflement and indignation’ from authorities after team of scientists claim recovered fragments may belong to alien spacecraft
By The Week Staff Published
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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
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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China launches new space crew ahead of 2030 moon expeditionIn Pictures The Shenzhou-16 spacecraft is headed towards China’s space station
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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Space tourists face sex bureaucracyfeature And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Juice: the European space mission to find life on Jupiter’s moonsfeature Three of Jupiter’s moons are home to large, underground oceans that could support life
By The Week Staff Published
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