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The best space images from 2024

This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning shots of faraway stars and galaxies to images of the skies taken from here on planet Earth

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James Webb Space Telescope : Pillars of creation

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2024 review: Stunning JWST images that reveal the beauty of space

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Why Kelly and Zach Weinersmith are sceptical about a future on Mars

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How a space elevator could make trips to the moon affordable for all

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Physics

These are the most mind-melting physics discoveries of 2024

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Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life

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Super-bright black holes could reveal if the universe is pixelated

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Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

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Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

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This bold, experimental slice of deep-space sci-fi is just brilliant

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Technology

Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere

Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that could improve GPS accuracy and help track space weather

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Orbital wins the Booker prize: “I see it as a kind of space pastoral"

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A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch

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Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?

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What preparing for an asteroid strike teaches us about climate change

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