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Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity took its first solo flight after a 2014 accident this weekend

Space

Virgin Galactic takes first solo glide flight since 2014 crash

The commercial space flight company sent its space plane, VSS Unity, for its first untethered test flight in two years, a step towards space tourism

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The planned ExoMars rover will carry a drill to dig for life

Space

ESA approves 2020 ExoMars rover despite crash earlier this year

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Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill

Space

Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill

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Gravitational waves are ripples in space time that can be heard across the universe

Physics

LIGO turns back on to hunt for more gravitational waves

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Apollo 17 lunar buggy

Space

Private moon mission plans to revisit Apollo 17 landing site

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Moon-dust cake mix shows moon may have had water from the start

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Moon-dust cake mix shows moon may have had water from the start

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Window to hell: Io's strongest volcano changes face as we watch

Earth

Window to hell: Io's strongest volcano changes face as we watch

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First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off

Earth

First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off

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Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

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Space

China's space station now has insects, weeds and rice on board

The Tiangong-2 space station includes experiments in growing thale cress, an edible weed and rice in microgravity

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Space

The inventions of our lifetime, picked by the people who know

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Life

Spacecraft could taste Europa's sea by sampling its atmosphere

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Space

Monday's bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years

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Physics

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

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