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Moon dust has earthly elements thanks to a magnetic bridge
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The ‘eclipse of the century’ is coming in 2027
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NASA discovered ‘resilient’ microbes in its cleanrooms
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Artemis II: back to the Moon
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Why don’t humans hibernate?
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A lemon-shaped exoplanet is squeezing what we know about planet formation
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The biggest astronomy stories of 2025
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What will happen in 2026? Predictions and events
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Space data centers could be joining the orbit
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Blue Origin launches Mars probes in NASA debut
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‘The Big Crunch’: why science is divided over the future of the universe
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Icarus programme – the ‘internet of animals’
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