What, or when, would aliens see, if they looked at the earth?
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And if so, how did it get there?
What impact does the reduced gravity have on the effectiveness of explosives?
Would living on the moon mean birthdays arrive quicker?
What is the relationship between these ominous sounding entities...
Do we just use a really long brush?
Twinkle twinkle little star, how we all wonder what you are.
How many candles do we need to stick on the bEARTHday cake for our planet?
Is there a planet where the singer 'Prince' can literally see you laughing in the purple rain?
Is there another rocky planet like ours out in the universe?
Surely space travel can't be worse than the M25.
Of all the colours it could've chosen, why did it pick such a boring one?
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Could you survive a holiday to the red planet?
Is Jeff Bezos an astronaut ? Why not get in touch and let us know what you think?
The body of a floating astronaut would have to decompose eventually, wouldn't it?
NASA announces plans for a rover to return to the moon and also proposes a manned mission to the lunar surface
Only a fraction of the universe is visible to the naked eye: how do we observe that which can't be seen?
Stars like the 1181 AD 'Guest Star' are no longer visible, so how can we work out what they were?
As our Universe expands, light stretches and so loses energy... but where does this energy go?
Curious whiffs of methane are emanating from Mars: did life make them?
The team took stamps into space, but got sent packing by NASA...
How high you need to go, if at all, to experience microgravity...
Why are monied entrepreneurs all dashing into space this week?
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