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Astronaut Christina Koch gazes upon her receding home planet out the window of Orion as the spacecraft continues its journey towards the moon. Photo: NASA

40 minutes when Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth

The blackout is expected to last about 40 minutes, during which the four astronauts will be completely out of contact, travelling through space in silence.

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Artemis astronauts to study the Moon's surface using mainly their eyes

Photo: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Artemis II astronauts share stunning views of Earth on journey to the moon

Engineers and technicians monitor the Artemis 2 mission from the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo: BSS/AFP

Artemis mission shares office space – and physics – with Apollo

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Artemis II marks new era as astronauts head for lunar flyby

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Nasa begins countdown for first crewed moon mission in 53 years

Microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory. Photograph: David Kelly/Photograph David Kelly

Study finds common lab gloves may inflate microplastics counts

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Viral Martian pyramid image makes the internet lose its mind

Using skeletal imprints and biomechanical models, Amélie Vialet of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris has analysed how ancient humans’ tongues, lungs, and larynx functioned to produce sounds. Photo: UNB

Scientists reconstruct voices of ancient humans from fossils

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Scientists warn Australia’s “zombie tree” could disappear within a generation

The warped stellar disk of the Milky Way above the Warsaw University Telescope in Chile. A national observatory could give Bangladeshi scientists access to observational astronomy. Photo: Reuters

The cosmic frontier: Why Bangladesh needs a national astronomical observatory

Photo: Tanjir Rahman/TBS

Moon's shrinking raises questions for future lunar missions

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Scientists develop AI model that can read MRI scans in seconds