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Moving mountains as they free-fall through space may seem like an impossible task, but there are actually several different options for shifting an incoming asteroid’s path.
Rather than being slow, lumbering and a bit stupid, dinosaurs were smart and nimble-brained – just ask the palaeontologists who are peering deep inside the fossilised skulls of these prehistoric animals.
Rather than being slow, lumbering and a bit stupid, dinosaurs were smart and nimble-brained – just ask the palaeontologists who are peering deep inside the fossilised skulls of these prehistoric animals.
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This July, Juno ends its two-year mission to study and photograph Jupiter. We look back over some of the incredible images that have transformed our understanding of the Solar System’s biggest planet
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Chris Hadfield on how close David Bowie's vision of space was to reality, the life of a retired astronaut, and keeping yourself entertained on the ISS.
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