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Our place in the Universe is but the tiniest speck on the map of all known matter. We're out there, floating around in the big, wide mystery that is space.

The quest for the first space baby © Getty Images
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The quest for the first space baby

If the Sun is constantly losing mass via nuclear fusion, how come it’s not getting any smaller? © Getty Images
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If the Sun is constantly losing mass via nuclear fusion, how come it’s not getting any smaller?

How far do we travel through space every day? © Getty Images
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How far do we travel through space every day?

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Kathryn D. Sullivan: What is it really like to walk in space? © NASA
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Kathryn D Sullivan What is it really like to walk in space?

Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as previously thought © Chris Marsden, University of Southampton/PA
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Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as we thought

5 fantastic solar system facts © Getty Images
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Solar System facts 5 things everyone should know about our cosmic neighbourhood

Planet four times the size of its star discovered © University of Warwick/Mark Garlick/PA
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Exoplanets Planet four times the size of its star discovered

Why the sky is dark at night © Getty Images
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Olbers’ Paradox Why the sky is dark at night

Do objects in the Universe moving towards us show a blue shift? © Getty Images
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Do objects in the Universe moving towards us show a blue shift?

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ESA 'satellite embracer' scoops up hazardous space debris (An artist’s impression of the ESA Environment Satellite © Handout/ESA/PA)
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Proposed ESA ‘satellite embracer’ scoops up hazardous space debris

An artist’s impression of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the Sun © Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/Nasa/PA
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Parker Solar Probe discovers ‘strange’ and ‘unexpected’ flips in Sun’s magnetic field

Really, really big books about space © Getty Images
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8 really, really big books about space

Cosmic origins: the miraculous journey from dust clouds to life © Getty Images
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Cosmic origins: the miraculous journey from dust clouds to life

Engineer locates debris from India’s crashed Moon lander in NASA images © AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File
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Engineer locates debris from India’s crashed Moon lander in NASA images

UK invests £1.87 billion in European Space Agency © Getty Images
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UK invests £1.87 billion in European Space Agency