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HEROES OF SPACE
From giant stars to the smallest mote of dust, Sagan helped
Might our universe – as vast as it is – be simply one of many? We look at the growing evidence that there’s more than one cosmos out there
H umans love conspiracy theories. From the JFK assassination, the Illuminati and the ‘deep state’, to vaccine distrust and ‘chemtrails’, the modern world is awash with beliefs in collusion and hoaxes.
Speak your mind
While our planet only has one easily visible Moon, several other tiny objects arguably deserve the title too
Who hasn’t watched a show like Gladiators or Total Wipeout and thought: “Yeah, I could do that”? Or even: “I bet I could do better”? In my case, that thought also extended to – wait for it – astronaut
On 2 November 2000, a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts became the first full-time crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 1’s Bill Shepherd, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko