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What is a black hole?

What is a black hole? A black hole is a region of space containing matter so dense light is unable to travel through it fast enough. The

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New, huge black hole challenges pre-existing theories

At 12 billion times as big as the sun, a newly-discovered black hole is challenging what we thought we knew about physics.

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Philae, drones, bedbugs and astronauts: How startups take space tech down to Earth

This month’s Space focuses on startups in Europe that are finding everyday Earthly applications for space innovations. There’s a long tradition of

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The Astronaut Academy: "As soon as they progress, we start adding malfunctions"

“You need to be a good handyman if you want to be a good astronaut,” smiles French astronaut Thomas Pesquet as he trains on the Columbus module of

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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on Mars, Rosetta and space tourism

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Spacewalking astronauts rig station for new US space taxis

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Rosetta captures some of the first 67P comet close-ups

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[In pictures] Europe's IXV space research mission

11/02/2015

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[As it happened] Europe's IXV spaceplane mission success

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Dark matter, dark energy: ESA and CERN set to unravel mysteries of the cosmos

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The Astronaut Academy: 'Learning Russian is the biggest challenge'

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ESA EAC chief Frank De Winne on what it takes to be an astronaut

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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen on dreams, infinity and training for space

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US crew evacuated to Russian segment of International Space Station

Fears that a possible ammonia leak had been detected on board the International Space Station may turn out to have been a false alarm. Russian’s

14/01/2015

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The quest to capture gravitational waves

The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is due to set off in autumn 2015 in a bid to prove that it is possible to observe gravitational waves in space. If we can manage to capture these waves, then we should

12/01/2015

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The first meteor shower of 2015 peaks this weekend

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Comet Hunters: A year-long odyssey with Rosetta and Philae

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New rockets, astronauts and missions: ESA looks forward to next 50 years

10/12/2014

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ESA members approve new generation low-cost Ariane 6 space rocket

European ministers give the ESA an 8 billion euro funding package for a new generation Ariane space rocket in a move to keep Europe competitive in the global commercial launch market.

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Comet Hunters: Philae's adventure

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