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  The Independent

  Want to pretend to live on Mars? For a whole year? Apply now

  Help wanted: NASA is looking for people to spend a year pretending they are isolated on Mars

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  Yahoo News UK

  Winter solstice great conjunction: Jupiter and Saturn to align in night sky for first time in 400 years

  The event will be visible from Britain on 21 December.

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  PA Media: Entertainment

  Space-mad boy surprised by astronaut Chris Hadfield on Late Late Show

  Six-year-old Adam King has been a huge hit on Irish television, and was delighted when his hero dropped in to say hello.

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  Yahoo News UK

  Coronavirus: Space Station astronauts offer expert tips on how to handle self-isolation

  Astronauts who have spent weeks and months isolated in tiny spacecraft have offered tips to people self-isolating as coronavirus grips the world. 

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  Evening Standard

  Stephen Merchant, Sara Pascoe, Jo Brand among artists joining in new online Stay at Home Festival

  Sara Pascoe, Stephen Merchant, Jo Brand and Mark Gatiss are among a group of comedians, artists and musicians to take part in a new daily online festival.The Stay at Home Festival, hosted by comedians Josie Long and Robin Ince, will be live-streamed every day from March 19, hoping to plug the gap as gigs and festivals have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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  The Conversation

  Gravity influences how we make decisions – new research

  It seems being in space could make us more reluctant to take risks.

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  The Conversation

  What happens to the brain in zero gravity?

  New research has uncovered exactly what happens to the brain when astronauts are in space.

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  Yahoo News UK

  Here’s what actually happens when you burp in space (and it’s not pretty)

  A space station astronaut revealed the truth

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  Business Insider UK

  Astronauts avoid burping in space because it may cause them to throw up, and it's all thanks to gravity

  Astronauts try not to burp while they're in space, or else they may let out a "wet burp" of food particles or liquids also present in their stomachs. Air is lighter than solids and liquids, which is why it rises in your stomach and you can easily burp up gas on Earth. The lack of gravity in space means the air in astronauts' stomachs doesn't separate from ingested food, so burping could expel more than just gas.

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  Evening Standard

  Nick Curtis: Life on Earth is no fun right now — I’m booking my seat on the next rocket to Mars for a game of tennis

  With no gravity and precious little, um, space, the game aboard the International Space Station was all about exploration and exuberant problem-solving rather than actual competition (plus a little bit of promotion for the US Open, which organised it). The sight of commander Andrew Feustel and three flight engineers shooting a ball back and forth across an improvised net recalled Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield singing Space Oddity in orbit, and Britain’s Tim Peake juggling water and gyroscop

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