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Nobel

Space

Old ÒÁÈ˾þÃ: Why aren’t there more British Nobels?

Why did a maverick British astronomer never get the gong? New ÒÁÈ˾þÃs of Novembers past reveal it’s a perennial worry

Regulars

meteorites landing on early Earth

Space

Microbes might thrive after crash-landing on board a meteorite

News

Artists impression of an alien skyscape with nearby planets large in the sky

Space

TRAPPIST-1 worlds are close enough for life to hop between them

News

Algae on panel outside International Space Station

Life

Primitive plants survive almost two years in outer space

News

New ÒÁÈ˾þà Default Image

Life

Pairs of habitable worlds could throw microbes at each other

News

What if … We came from space?

Life

What if … We came from space?

Features

Clusters of living worlds would hint life came from outer space

Life

Clusters of living worlds would hint life came from outer space

News

Feedback: A well-stuffed drugs sandwich

Feedback: A well-stuffed drugs sandwich

Regulars

The human universe: Could we colonise the stars?

Space

The human universe: Could we colonise the stars?

Features

Lava could have preserved the origins of life on the moon

Life

Lava could have preserved the origins of life on the moon

New experiments suggest that if life-bearing meteorites hit the young, molten moon, they could have been preserved until today

News

Life

Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?

Features

Space

Finding aliens harder now we know DNA survives space

Analysis

Space

Ancient Earth fossils could be found on the moon

News

Space

Rare space rock goes unnoticed for 140 years

News

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