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Black holes

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Black holes

Black holes are objects with an intense gravitational pull so strong that not even beams of light, the fastest things in the universe, can escape. This makes them impossible to see directly, and so astronomers have had to use a variety of clever techniques to confirm that they actually exist.

Earthrise

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Earthrise

International Space Station

Space

NASA will let people pay to stay on the International Space Station

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Salamander

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Oozing white mucus from giant salamanders makes excellent medical glue

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Portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci

Space

Don’t miss: Renaissance investigations, social insights and space cops

Culture

Two women standing in a doorway

Technology

Experimental sci-fi expertly captures colliding realities

Culture

Antoine Lavoisier

People in Science

Antoine Lavoisier

We've seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own

Space

We've seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own

Features

Quantum leap

Physics

Quantum leaps are real – and now we can control them

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NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring science to the moon

Space

NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring science to the moon

Three companies - Orbit Beyond, Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines - have been awarded contracts by NASA to send landers to the moon’s surface in 2020 and 2021

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Space

Don't miss: X-Men antics, hunting dark matter and taking on Glorkon

Culture

Physics

NASA is running a competition to figure out how to settle the galaxy

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Space

SpaceX’s bright Starlink satellites are upsetting astronomers

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Technology

High-tech wood could keep homes cool by reflecting the sun’s rays

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