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The Week in Space and Physics: Vera Rubin’s First Images
On the first images from the Vera Rubin Observatory, the eclipses of Proba-3, a photograph of an exoplanet, and the Axiom-4 mission.
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Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The Edge of the Solar System
On another dwarf planet, Tianwen-2, the most distant known galaxy, and Starship.
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Aurora on Other Worlds
On photographing the aurora, proposed budget cuts for NASA, the next decade of China's space exploration, and ice around distant stars
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Next Helicopters on Mars
On the future of flight on Mars, the return of a Kosmos-482, hints of a planet beyond Neptune, and lift-off for Project Kuiper.
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The Week in Space and Physics: A Real-Life Tatooine?
On worlds with two suns, a planet-eating star, rogue planets, and a hint of life far beyond the solar system.
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Next Big Particle Collider
On Europe's next big particle collider, the demise of antimatter, the first polar astronauts, and an asteroid impact on the Moon
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Mysteries of an Expanding Universe
On new observations of dark energy, NASA's newest space telescope, the furthest known galaxy, and a partial solar eclipse.
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The Week in Space and Physics: A Neutrino to Remember
On ultra-high energy neutrinos, black hole bullets, nuclear fusion and an Einstein Ring.
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The Sun and Superflares
Just how big a flare is the Sun capable of producing?
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Odds of Impact
On asteroids and impacts, the search for alien technology, the minerals of Bennu, and a nearby super-Earth.
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The Week in Space and Physics: When Worlds Fall Apart
On disintegrating planets, exocomet clouds, moon landers, and the end of Gaia.
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The Week in Space and Physics: Timescapes
On an end for dark energy, new plans for the Mars sample return, how Pluto got its moons, and the Parker Solar Probe.
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