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Where are all the aliens? Maybe they just don't want to talk to us

A civilization capable of interstellar travel may also be one that has moved beyond conquest, excess and ecological self-destruction — and it therefore may not want to talk to us.

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Sir Anthony Leggett obituary

Physicist who won a Nobel prize for his work on superfluids and superconductors at Sussex University in the 1970s

The Guardian - UK

Ryugu asteroid sample contains all five key components of DNA, scientists find

A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil.

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SpaceX launches 10,000th active Starlink satellite in low Earth orbit (video)

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets on March 17, each carrying Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The company now has more than 10,000 active satellites in its constellation.

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Rare daytime fireball spotted from orbit as residents report powerful sonic boom

No major meteor showers are active at this time.

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Satellite watches wall of dust roll through Texas | Space photo of the day for March 17, 2026

The dust storm created travel complications and other issues for Texans.

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NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on March 19

NASA plans to roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket to the pad on Thursday (March 19) and is still targeting April 1 for the launch of its first crewed mission to the moon in more than half a century.

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'Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord' cuts into Disney+ with a brutal 2nd trailer full of Inquisitors (video)

"At last we will have revenge."

Space

16 time-travel methods from sci-fi to help you traverse the space-time continuum

From phone boxes and flux capacitors to black holes and hot tubs, sci-fi has created plenty of ways to explore the fourth dimension.

Space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here's how

Blue Origin and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are teaming up to design an asteroid-defense spacecraft that will deploy a variety of deflection technologies.

Space

Hunted by Neanderthals, giant elephants travelled hundreds of miles across Europe

Human ancestors hunted large prey in organised way using their knowledge of landscape

The Independent UK

Scientists discover heavier version of proton with upgraded detector

Snappily named Xi-cc-plus, Cern physicists spotted the particle in shower of debris that lit up Large Hadron Collider

The Guardian - UK

Chinese breakthrough could extend viability of transplant organs from hours to days

Currently organs taken for transplant can only survive for a few hours

The Independent UK

How fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers may be one step closer to resolving 'Hubble trouble'

The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, a discovery that could relieve a pesky discrepancy known as the Hubble tension.

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100 years after Robert Goddard's 1st liquid-fueled rocket launch, NASA is using the technology to send astronauts back to the moon

100 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, NASA is preparing a return to the moon with the Artemis program to extend humanity's reach into deep space.

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Astronomers discover a new type of planet that probably smells like rotten eggs

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an example of a new class of exoplanet, and it smells like rotten eggs.

The Guardian - UK

Did you solve it? Are you a match for the dinkiest mag in maths?

The answers to today’s problems

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'Villains are the heroes of their own movie': We chat to 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' showrunners about building an iconic Trek villain

'It promises that this is just the beginning of the story for these characters. There's so much more to tell.'

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Timboy Chaco in the Mars borderlands | Space photo of the day for March 16, 2026

Scientists are searching for evidence of microbial life left behind in these mineral deposits.

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The new 'Disclosure Day trailer just dropped, and now we think it's a secret sequel to 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

'That truth will upend all established order across the entire world.'

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No sun, no problem? How life could thrive on moons of starless 'rogue' planets

Exomoons orbiting rogue planets could host liquid water for billions of years, offering potential habitats for life deep in interstellar space.

The Independent UK

Scientists create first-of-its-kind ‘hexagonal diamond’ harder than real thing

Material exhibits slightly higher hardness than naturally found diamond

The Guardian - UK

‘A molten, mushy state’: scientists may have found a new type of liquid planet

Latest observations of L98-59d, about 35 light years from Earth, suggest it could be different to anything seen before

The Independent UK

Scientists make Parkinson’s drug from used plastic bottles

Researchers said the breakthrough could lead to a ‘bio-upcycling industry’ that uses waste materials to make things like flavourings and cosmetics.

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2 seconds that changed the world: Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today

Robert Goddard's innovations in liquid-fueled rockets — assisted by his wife, Esther — still resonate 100 years after his pioneering flight.

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