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Astronauts travelling to the moon and Mars risk dying from superbugs

Astronauts travelling to the moon and Mars risk dying from superbugs

15 January 2019

Just trace amounts of antibiotics in a spacecraft could be enough to let bacteria evolve deadly resistance on long space journeys
Hubble

Hubble Telescope camera breaks – and US shutdown might delay repair

9 January 2019

The wide-field camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has developed a fault – just as key NASA staff are unable to work because of the US government shutdown

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