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CMB-S4 will use telescopes installed at the South Pole to measure variations in the temperature and polarization of microwave light across most of the sky to probe for ripples in space-time. Shown here is the South Pole Telescope. Photo: Brad Benson, University of Chicago, Fermilab

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The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating

The US government's decision to stop supporting a telescope facility that would have given us unprecedented insight into the early universe is calamitous, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Ultracold atoms could test relativity in the quantum realm

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Satellite-filled sky

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How worried should we be about noxious chemicals from dead satellites?

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Once Upon a Time in Space book - James Bluemel Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov seen in Mir?s window from Shuttle Discovery STS063-711-080 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir Space Station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. This is one of 16 still photographs released by the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Public Affairs Office (PAO) on February 14, 1995. Onboard the Discovery were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Bernard A. Harris, Jr., payload commander; mission specialists C. Michael Foale, Janice E. Voss, and cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov. Page 134

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See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

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Is the universe really one big black hole?

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Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we really been looking at?

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Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we really been looking at?

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Physics

Ultracold clocks could reveal how quantum physics alters time

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A bright star emitting streaks of light that curve outwards as the star moves across the night sky

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How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

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Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

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NASA Astronaut John Glenn inside a vacuum chamber

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Inside the missions that made the moon landings possible

Stunningly remastered images showcase NASA's Gemini and Mercury programmes, precursors to Apollo, which landed humans on the moon

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Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?

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NASA's first space photos restored in stunning detail

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Why auroras are so much brighter and more easily visible recently

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CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines

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