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Later this year, a prototype telescope is slated to land on the moon. It could usher in a new era of lunar radio astronomy.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson has had a lifelong fantasy of being abducted by aliens. That’s right, he actually wants to be taken.

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A blip of light in the outer reaches of the Milky Way might be a bizarre black hole born at the beginning of time itself—and ...

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Dr Sarah Alam Malik suggests Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus, and Jupiter's moon Europa, may host conditions suitable for life, challenging traditional views of the 'Goldilocks zone'.

Daniel Whiteson reflects on a career in particle physics at ATLAS, and on building a parallel path in science communication ...