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The RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

An intriguing radio spike spotted last year could point toward an intelligent extraterrestrial civilisation, but follow-up observations so far have come up empty

News

Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

Life

Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

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Tale of world of supersmart spiders takes Clarke SF award

Space

Tale of world of supersmart spiders takes Clarke SF award

Culture

illustration of a planet in silhouette with a star behind

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

Proxima B

Space

Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement

Leader

a yellow sail, a bit like a starfish

Space

Interstellar probes will be eroded on the way to Alpha Centauri

News

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Space

NASA gets in touch with spacecraft two years after it vanished

News

Contrails from planes

Earth

Chemtrails conspiracy theory gets put to the ultimate test

Comment

China's quantum communications satellite launches

Space

China launches world's first quantum communications satellite

News

The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

Space

The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

The 30 Doradus nebula is forming stars in a flat-out sprint, outpacing the local Milky Way by four orders of magnitude. Bring sunblock

News

Technology

Expensive drones take flying lessons from cheaper stunt doubles

News

Space

Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

News

Space

Inside NASA's towering rocket factory before deep space mission

Regulars

Space

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter

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