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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

A radiation-absorbing fungus discovered in Chernobyl blocked harmful cosmic rays on the International Space Station and may help protect future Mars colonies

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China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission

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China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission

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The four puzzles that tell us a cosmological revolution is coming

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The four puzzles that tell us a cosmological revolution is coming

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Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope delayed again due to covid-19

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Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope delayed again due to covid-19

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Hope spacecraft

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The United Arab Emirates is launching its first mission to Mars

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

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How many planets have been discovered?

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How many planets have been discovered?

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Alien civilisations could move their star to avoid a cosmic disaster

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Is there another planet in the universe just like Earth?

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Is there another planet in the universe just like Earth?

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Sectioned fragment from an iron meteorite that caused the Odessa crater in Texas, US, about 50,000 years ago

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Iron meteorites

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs prize iron meteorites highly because of their link to these asteroids that almost made it to becoming a planet.

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The Sirens of Mars review: Inside the hunt for life on the Red Planet

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Some hot giant planets get larger as they are heated by their stars

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Exotic fifth state of matter made on the International Space Station

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10 of the best non-fiction science books to read right now

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