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The UK's burgeoning space ambitions
The Explainer The UK Space Agency has teamed up with US firm Axiom to launch an all-British crew into orbit
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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The moon is older than we thought
Speed Read New data adds 40 million years to the satellite's age
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Row over pole-dancing skeleton
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The week's good news: Oct. 12, 2023
It wasn't all bad!
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
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Nasa reveals first findings from asteroid that could explain origins of life
Speed Read Sample from Bennu has been found to contain an abundance of water and carbon
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK 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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The week's good news: Sept. 28, 2023
It wasn't all bad!
By Catherine Garcia Published
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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
By Harriet Marsden Published
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K2-18b: the exoplanet that could have signs of life
The Explainer Scientists may have discovered evidence of farts from alien marine creatures 120 light years away
By Arion McNicoll Published
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NASA loses contact with Voyager 2 probe
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By Devika Rao Published
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Will a solar storm wreak havoc on the internet?
Speed Read Tales of a Wi-Fi doomsday have been spreading across social media in recent weeks
By Brigid Kennedy Published
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Biden keeps U.S. Space Command in Colorado, reversing Trump move to Alabama
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By Peter Weber Published
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UFO hearing: why is Washington suddenly embracing aliens?
Today's Big Question Speculation of extraterrestrial life has moved from ‘conspiracy fringe’ to Congress
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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How worried we should be about space debris
feature As part of a rocket washes up in Australia scientists warn ‘critical mass’ of orbital junk could only be decades away
By The Week Staff Published
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