Humans
What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?
Stephen Hawking now says humanity must colonise other worlds within a century, rather than 1000 years, to ensure survival. Why the rush, asks Dirk Schulze-Makuch
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Space
Earth鈥檚 greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history
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Earth
Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system’s history
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Space
NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts
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Space
Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing
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Space
Asteroid clay is a better space radiation shield than aluminium
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Space
Discovery of tiny moon completes the set for worlds past Neptune
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Space
Cosmic popcorn effect helps space dust survive our atmosphere
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Space
The upstart asteroid who showed rings are for everybody
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Life
Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material
The first evidence of organic material on Ceres opens the door to the possibility that other asteroids harbour precursors to primitive life
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Space
Far-off asteroid caught cohabiting with Uranus around the sun
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Space
No room for complacency over threats from space
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Space
Hit threatening asteroids’ bright spots to deflect them
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Space
Metal asteroid and Trojans selected for next NASA missions
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