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Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junk

Life

Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junk

Hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris orbit our planet. A device that sticks to space junk like a gecko’s toes might be able to help clear them up

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planet orbit

Space

Planets in other star systems fit a puzzling pattern

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A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

Life

A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

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SpaceX launch on 23 June

Space

SpaceX has launched and landed two rockets in one weekend

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eggs of different sizes and colours

Life

Bird eggs may be shaped by the way their mother flies

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Space

Kepler finds 219 new exoplanets and 10 are rocky and Earth-like

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Mission control

Space

The bandwidth black hole that will kill Elon Musk’s Mars dream

Analysis

NASA revives 50-year-old idea to recycle space stations in orbit

Space

NASA revives 50-year-old idea to recycle space stations in orbit

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Robots in Into the Unknown exhibition

Space

This science fiction trip is delightful, confusing – and risky

Culture

Plate of space food

Space

Crumb-free bread will mean ISS astronauts can now bake in space

Bread has been banned in space for 50 years thanks to the dangers of free-floating crumbs – but specially designed ovens mean astronauts could soon ditch tortillas

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Space

NASA is right to pay homage to the living for the first time

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Space

General relativity passes test at Milky Way's central black hole

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Space

SpaceX launches first reused Dragon capsule full of research

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Space

LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

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