Astronomy
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Across the universe Staying vigilant for hazardous asteroid impacts should be a priority. Here's why
Brian May, Clark Chapman, Thomas JonesIt’s Asteroid Day, an annual event reminding governments and the public that asteroids are the only major natural disasters we have a chance of preventing -
Country diary: Egleton, Rutland The lightest night of the year couldn’t be any lighter, the tree-line stark against a fading stripe in the sky
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Researchers think that the entrance passages to 6,000 year-old tombs could have been used to enhance visibility for ancient stargazers
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This week in science British astronaut recalled the moment he feared his spacecraft’s parachute had failed to open, discovery of ‘baby’ planets and moral algorithm of driverless cars
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Most accurate measurement so far has estimated the collective mass of the Milky Way’s stars, black holes, dust, dark matter - and unidentified flying objects
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Hydrogen in lunar samples reveals water could have been delivered by asteroids crashing into the moon’s vast magma ocean billions of years ago
Spacewatch Juno mission settles into Jupiter orbit