Space
Elon Musk’s spectacular plan to colonise Mars lacks substance
The SpaceX founder wants the first humans on Mars by 2024, but his showboating scheme is lacking in both details and funds, says Lisa Grossman
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Space
Farewell to Rosetta, the comet mission that captivated the world
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Space
China launches a space station and wants an even bigger one
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Space
Blue Origin unveils big new rocket that will put humans in orbit
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Space
Virgin Galactic returns to the skies two years after fatal crash
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Space
Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door
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Humans
Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement
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Physics
Interstellar probes will be eroded on the way to Alpha Centauri
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NASA gets in touch with spacecraft two years after it vanished
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Physics
China launches world’s first quantum communications satellite
The Quantum Science Satellite will test quantum entanglement over record distances and could lead to a global network for secure quantum communications
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Astronauts prepare for Mars mission at the bottom of the sea
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Humans
Six science fiction novels you should be reading
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Space
No more space race rhetoric: it’s not just about the US any more
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Next-gen Mars orbiters to help human missions become more real
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