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Tom Hanks plays Commander Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

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Astronomer reviews the sci-fi movies that get creative with physics

Space is a favourite setting for many Hollywood films, but just how accurate are their portrayals?

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We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust

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How nothing could destroy the universe

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NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal

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Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of black hole 'star'

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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore are returning from a long-duration science expedition aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

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Dolphins greet astronauts after SpaceX Dragon capsule splashdown

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An early hint of cosmic dawn has been seen in a distant galaxy

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German company set for first commercial rocket launch from Europe

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Is our cosmos just a membrane on the edge of a far stranger reality?

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Is our cosmos just a membrane on the edge of a far stranger reality?

String theory may be our best attempt at a theory of everything, except that it can't describe an expanding universe like ours. Now a radical new twist on the idea could finally fix that – but it requires us to completely reimagine reality

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Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang

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See a shimmering hourglass-shaped star system in exquisite detail

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Eerie image of a space-bound rocket among photo contest finalists

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New ��˾þ� recommends Helios, Luke Jerram's giant sun sculpture

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