To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens
Nasa’s James Webb telescope reminds us how astronomy has shaped the modern world.
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“The space economy will be huge”: the woman helping to keep Britain in the new space race
Philippa Davies, head of engineering at Reaction Engines, is helping build the technology behind a new economy.
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J is for Jeff Bezos: The sky was no longer the limit for the billionaire flying high on Amazon’s pandemic bounce
“Best day ever!” cried the Amazon founder when he returned from his space flight.
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The Batman complex: why billionaires need to stop seeing themselves as superheroes
The human race won’t be saved by space travel, but by far less headline-grabbing interventions.
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Fifty years on, is there any point in returning to the moon?
Going to the Moon is a bit like going south with Ernest Shackleton to the Pole, or rowing across the…
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Rocket man: why Jeff Bezos wants to take humans into space
“We’re going to build a road to space. And then, amazing things will happen”, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently announced…
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The first images of a black hole are a moving reminder of our collective vulnerability
For years, black holes have occupied a curious place, long straddling the line between science and science fiction. They’ve been…
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What if the same force that created civilisation is the thing most likely to destroy it?
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