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The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

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The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years of hunting yielded nothing – but now twin brothers think they have solved the puzzle

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Space

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

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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3D6BBB4 Comet Lemmon photographed from northern Italy on 26th October 2025.

Space

Comets were on fire this year – for better or worse

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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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Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

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Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

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Aurora Borealis dancing over Tromso Urban Skyline. Tromso Panorama and winter night landscape with Northern Lights (Aurora Polaris) on a cold night, with starry sky, polar lights and snowcapped mountains on Kvaloya Island in the background. Cityscape with Brightly Street Light of the Arctic Capital, Northern Norway

Earth

The audacious quest to light up the sky with artificial auroras

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The supernova remnant Cassiopeia A

Space

Odd elements in supernova blast might have implications for alien life

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TX DATE:21-07-2025,TX WEEK:29,EMBARGOED UNTIL:08-07-2025 00:00:00,DESCRIPTION:Dramatic reconstruction of early anatomically modern Homo sapiens living in Africa.,COPYRIGHT:BBC Studios,CREDIT LINE:BBC / BBC Studios

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The four best science documentaries of 2025

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Physics

Why quantum mechanics says the past isn’t real

The famous double-slit experiment brings into question the very nature of matter. Its cousin, the quantum eraser experiment, makes us question the very existence of time – and how much we can manipulate it

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Physics

Black hole entropy hints at a surprising truth about our universe

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Space

What would Russia's inability to launch crewed missions mean for ISS?

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Space

Why dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in science

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Space

Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the biggest stars ever seen

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