Ben Turner is a U.K. based staff writer at Live Science. He covers physics and astronomy, among other topics like weird animals and climate change. He graduated from University College London with a degree in particle physics before training as a journalist. When he's not writing, Ben enjoys reading literature, playing the guitar and embarrassing himself with chess.
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Scientists believe the ultra-fast object landed in a densely-forested area near the capital, Oslo. It could take up to ten years to find.

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The billionaire's flight has opened up a debate about what "astronauts' and "space' even are.

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The findings from the Curiosity rover could help the Perseverance rover decide which samples to collect for later analysis.

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Methane tends to only be made by biological life, so scientists are wondering if the source is from alien microbes.
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Although the asteroid, Bennu, only has a 1-in-2700 chance of hitting Earth, scientists are taking the risk seriously.

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Scientists are concerned that increasing amounts of meltwater could be finding its way into the ocean.

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The charm meson could answer why there's more matter than antimatter in the universe.

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The researchers created a computer model to predict the ways the planets would scatter, finding that slight tweaks to starting positions lead to vastly different outcomes

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Physicists analyzed data from the first ever gravitational waves detected to prove Hawking's theory, and think that even more could be discovered from studying the ripples in space-time.

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The researchers say that they want to use the survey to better understand our own place in the universe.

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Physicists used optical tweezers to capture their gas clouds.

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Astrophysicists are using the simulation to learn how stars form, how they arrange themselves into galaxies, and how the heavy elements that are vital to complex life are forged.

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The researchers found the result by studying a tiny, jiggling membrane. Their experiment could lay the groundwork for further tests of the laws of thermodynamics at the tiniest scales.

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Astronomers are hoping to use the wake of stars to test the existing theories of dark matter.

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Researchers say the new network will be unhackable and able to coordinate systems to unprecedented levels. Many of the deeper implications, however, cannot be foreseen.

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The increasing number of satellites and space debris orbiting Earth could prevent astronomers from making crucial discoveries.

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But this may not be the end of the story.

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The scientists trapped the antimatter in a magnetic field to stop it from annihilating, before blasting it with a cooling laser.

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Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first computer.
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