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Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

Life

Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

Several recent scientific findings, including signs of life on an exoplanet and 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf have caused a stir but when a claim seems too good to be true it probably is

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Space

Claims of alien life are overhyped – and miss the real accomplishment

Comment

Space

Most accurate space clock to launch – and count down to destruction

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An artist?s impression of the Martian settlement SpaceX has envisioned. Image: SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/humanspaceflight/mars/

Technology

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

Culture

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Space

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ recommends The Martian – sci-fi fun for all the family

Culture

Space

How long is a day on Uranus? Slightly longer than we thought, it seems

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Tom Hanks plays Commander Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

Video

Astronomer reviews the sci-fi movies that get creative with physics

Video

Space

We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust

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Physics

How nothing could destroy the universe

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Space

NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more

Under pressure from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force, NASA is cancelling grants and contracts for everything from lunar dust research to educational programmes

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Space

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal

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Space

Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of black hole 'star'

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Space

Dolphins greet astronauts after SpaceX Dragon capsule splashdown

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Space

An early hint of cosmic dawn has been seen in a distant galaxy

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