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New ��˾þ�’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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New ��˾þ�’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

A quarter of a century in, this is our definitive pick of the ideas in science and technology that are already transforming the world

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Space

Earliest ever supernova sheds light on the first stars

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Weird clump in the early universe is piping hot and we don’t know why

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Image of night sky

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Star that seemed to vanish more than 130 years ago is found again

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More than 100 moons were discovered in our own solar system in 2025

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The best space pictures of 2025, from supernovae to moon landings

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MENAN, ID - AUGUST 21: Locals and travelers from around the world gather on Menan Butte to watch the eclipse on August 21, 2017 in Menan, Idaho. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the

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The stargazing events to look forward to in 2026

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��˾þ�s inside a science base in the Moon conduct a variety of humorous experiments. We see a cat chasing after a giant laser beam; a scientist being eaten by a venus fly trap, a star falling through a Christmas tree as a scientist tries and fails to put it on top, a scientist going to a 'moonshine' bar, robots attending a seminar, a scientist trapping a human brain in a forcefield, and scientists stepping through portals. In the sky above the spaceship, Santa is being abducted by aliens.

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

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Planned satellite launches could ruin Hubble Space Telescope images

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Physics

We might have just seen the first hints of dark matter

Unexplained gamma ray radiation coming from the edge of the Milky Way galaxy could be produced by self-annihilating dark matter particles – but the idea requires further investigation

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Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 130 light years away

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Galaxies fling out matter much more violently than we thought

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Exceptional star is the most pristine object known in the universe

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Astronomers captured an incredible view of M87’s black hole jet

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