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Can China beat US in new space race to colonise the Moon?
Talking Point Beijing has announced plans to land astronauts on the lunar surface by the end of the decade
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Milky Way’s neutron stars akin to a Ferrero Rocher praline
Speed Read Experts make a mouth-watering breakthrough to explain structure of stars
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Ancient microbes on Mars blamed for climate change
Speed Read Researchers suggest organisms may show that ‘common fate of life in the universe is to self-destruct’
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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
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What are Hycean planets?
feature Planets ‘hiding in plain sight’ could provide habitable conditions for life
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin: the new space race?
Speed Read Branson has declared space open for business. Is that still a pie in the sky?
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‘We have no choice but to confront the very worst aspects of English football’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis and commentary from the British and international press
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Could microbes communicate with alien species?
feature Experts argue that we should be searching for microbial life rather than human-like aliens
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Russia and China joining forces to build first Moon base
Speed Read Lunar pact represents ‘all kinds of security threats’ to UK and US, expert warns
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China ‘trying to take control of the Moon’
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Jeff Bezos wants to take crews to Moon by 2024
Speed Read Amazon CEO has often spoken of desire to colonise outer space
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Nasa issues warning about herpes in space
Speed Read Dormant viruses have been awoken in more than half of the astronauts who have embarked on space missions
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Nasa set to declare Mars rover ‘dead’
Speed Read Opportunity rover has not been heard from in eight months following massive dust storm
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Nasa reveals first close-up pictures of Ultima Thule
Speed Read Distant space rock looks like a ‘large red snowman’
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