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Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph.

Space

What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

An imaginative and compelling book reveals how radio waves help us tune in to our universe – and even search for alien civilisations, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Culture

NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

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NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

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Space

The most stunning pictures from Artemis II’s flyby of the moon

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Space

The Artemis II astronauts have flown around the moon

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Space

We may have seen a 'dirty fireball' star explosion for the first time

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Space

Historic Artemis II launch sends astronauts bound for the moon

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Space

Astronauts are ready to return to the moon on Artemis II mission

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Space

I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

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Astronaut running during sunset at a remote planet

Health

How working out like an astronaut can reduce back pain and slow ageing

Features

Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

Space

Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

An upcoming book from presenter and author Dallas Campbell collects both iconic and lesser-known images of space, from illustration to photography

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Space

Maggie Aderin's dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

Culture

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Space

Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

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Physics

Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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