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How to see the Geminid meteor shower 2021 © Shutterstock

Meteor showers How to see the Geminid meteor shower in December 2021

Why can you see faint stars better if you don't look directly at them? © Getty Images

How can I see the Cygnus constellation?

Could we terraform Mars? © Warner Brothers

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The science of Dune Could we terraform Mars?

Dotts on Donimoes with a Donimo Effect

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Could humans be the dominant species in the Universe, and we just don't know it yet? © Warner Brothers

Could humans be the dominant species in the Universe, and we just don’t know it yet?

NASA Dart Heads Towards asteroid Planetary defence

DART: Everything you need to know about NASA’s planetary defence mission

Tonight: How to see the Leonid meteor shower 2021 in the UK © Shutterstock

Leonid Meteor Shower 2021 How to get the best chance of seeing a shooting star tonight

What's the world record for staying in Space the longest? © Getty Images

Top 10: Heaviest spacecraft

© ESA/Hubble & NASA, J Dalcanton; Acknowledgment: J Schmidt

Space telescope captures image of colliding galaxies

How to see the Taurid meteor shower 2021 in the UK tonight © Shutterstock

How to see a fireball in tonight’s Taurid meteor shower

Age of the Universe © Getty Images

How do we know how old the Universe is?

Forget rockets – a lunar elevator is the future of Moon travel © Alamy

Could we build an elevator to the Moon?

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What's inside the fifth dimension?

Photomultiplier tubes in Japan’s Super-Kamiokande detector facility, buried 1km underground, stand ready to pick up neutrinos generated 295km away in Tokai © Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo

Where did all the antimatter go?