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Health

How working out like an astronaut can reduce back pain and slow ageing

The same principles that help astronauts stay strong in microgravity can help us all resist the slow collapse of ageing – and it’s not all about hitting the gym more

Features

Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

Life

Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

Culture

Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

Space

Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

Regulars

Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

Culture

Space

Maggie Aderin's dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

Culture

New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Culture

Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

Culture

Space

Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

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Space

Adrian Tchaikovsky's new Children of Time novel is brilliant

Culture

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Physics

Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the universe in a completely different way than we do. Physicist Daniel Whiteson explores what that could tell us about physics and ourselves

Comment

Space

A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions really exist

Features

Comment

The best new science fiction books of March 2026

Culture

Space

NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover

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Space

How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?

Analysis

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