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Swollen eyeballs, baby-like skin, and the overview effect: how astronauts feel when they return to earth

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Swollen eyeballs, baby-like skin, and the overview effect: how astronauts feel when they return to earth

Stephen Collopy March 14, 2025

As Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare to come home after their unexpected nine-month ISS stay, here...

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‘It’s human conceit to think we’re alone’: life must extend beyond Earth, leading space scientist says

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‘It’s human conceit to think we’re alone’: life must extend beyond Earth, leading space scientist says

Stephen Collopy March 14, 2025

Exclusive: It is imperative humans expand their understanding of space, argues Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock Life must exist...

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Ride home planned for US astronauts ‘stranded’ in orbit for nine months

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Ride home planned for US astronauts ‘stranded’ in orbit for nine months

Stephen Collopy March 14, 2025

Pair could be back on Earth next week after SpaceX Dragon capsule scheduled for launch this Friday...

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After Years Of Shooting At Actual Formula 1 Races, The Full “F1” Movie Trailer Just Dropped — And The Behind-The-Scenes Details Will Blow Your Mind

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After Years Of Shooting At Actual Formula 1 Races, The Full “F1” Movie Trailer Just Dropped — And The Behind-The-Scenes Details Will Blow Your Mind

Stephen Collopy March 13, 2025

Brad Pitt driving an actual race car around an actual Formula 1 track with actual Formula 1...

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Passing probe captures images of mysterious Mars moon

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Passing probe captures images of mysterious Mars moon

Stephen Collopy March 13, 2025

Hera spacecraft takes photos of red planet’s second moon, Deimos, while en route to asteroids 110m miles...

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Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows

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Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows

Stephen Collopy March 13, 2025

Maria Branyas Morera, US-born supercentenarian who died in Spain last August, found to have microbiota of an...

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If You Can’t Pass This Extra Easy Quiz, You Know EMBARRASSINGLY LITTLE About Sports

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If You Can’t Pass This Extra Easy Quiz, You Know EMBARRASSINGLY LITTLE About Sports

Stephen Collopy March 13, 2025

Surely you’ve picked up enough from the sports movies you’ve seen, or even the first episode of...

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Nasa’s new Spherex telescope lifts off to map cosmos in unprecedented detail

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Nasa’s new Spherex telescope lifts off to map cosmos in unprecedented detail

Stephen Collopy March 12, 2025

The $488m Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies evolved over billions of years Nasa’s newest space...

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Under-eights should not drink slushies containing glycerol, say doctors

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Under-eights should not drink slushies containing glycerol, say doctors

Stephen Collopy March 12, 2025

Study of 21 hospitalisations shows the iced drinks can cause decreased consciousness and low blood sugar Children...

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Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success

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Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success

Stephen Collopy March 12, 2025

Sydney surgeons ‘enormously proud’ after patient in his 40s receives the Australian-designed implant designed as a bridge...

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