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New Scientist - Space
New Scientist - Space
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SpaceX prepares for Starship flight with first 'chopstick' landing
SpaceX is gearing up for the fifth launch of its massive Starship rocket, following four increasingly successful tests. What is the company hoping for, and what can we expect?
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Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star sooner
A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail punctured with billions of tiny holes
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Dark matter may solve the mystery of how colossal black holes merge
Astrophysicists aren’t sure how supermassive black holes get close enough to merge, a mystery called the final parsec problem – but an exotic form of dark matter may explain it
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Mars rover found a rock with possible signs of ancient life
The Perseverance rover has found some of the most promising hints of ancient Martian life yet, but we can’t know for sure until its samples are sent back to Earth
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Space travel may make muscles age extremely quickly
Muscle cells that spent a week on the International Space Station revealed changes in gene expression that suggest microgravity can speed up ageing
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Lunar samples reveal exactly when the moon’s largest crater formed
By analysing lunar samples from NASA's Apollo missions, researchers calculated exactly when – and why – the moon was once covered with magma
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What happens at a black hole's edge? It depends on your perspective
To find out what happens at the centre of a black hole, we may need to consider its event horizon - and think about where we're looking from, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Moon bases will need to be 3 metres underground to avoid radiation
To keep long-term moon residents safe from harmful radiation, lunar bases will need to be built several metres under the surface or inside caves or lava tubes
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Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?
It would be tricky to burn away the outer layers of Uranus, but doing so could reveal a possible stash of gems – in this episode of Dead Planets Society, the hosts reveal a relatively simpler technique to rob the ice giant
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Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas
The gas that surrounds galaxies appears to be more spread out than previously thought – and this could help solve a mystery over missing matter