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What happened when the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet smashed into Jupiter

From the archives: In 1994 comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter, creating fireballs 2000 kilometres across – and raising US Congress alarm about what would happen if one hit Earth

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women on the ISS

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After years of sexism in space we urgently need more female astronauts

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Life

Dark feathers give birds hot wings that may save energy during flight

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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India's Chandrayaan-2 missions takes off

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India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

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India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch

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James Lovelock standing near the sea at Chesil Beach

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James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

New Scientist interviewed James Lovelock to discuss Gaia’s Novacene and our new AI overlords, microwaving hamsters for science and why Elon Musk’s Mars mission is ‘crazy’

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India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon’s south pole

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Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

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The moon race was about short-termism and control – we can do better

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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

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