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Soyuz rescue plan and more: Understand the world through 8 images

Updated: Feb. 20, 2024

Originally Published: Jan. 12, 2023

The Soyuz MS-22 crew ship is pictured on Oct. 8, 2022, in the foreground docked to the Rassvet modul...

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The Russian Soyuz-TM spacecraft shown against the darkness of space in a view taken from from Space ...

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Russia’s space agency announced a plan to replaced a damaged craft at the ISS the week of January 5–11, as astronomers studied black holes, exoplanets, and the forces shaping Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.

Here are the biggest science stories of the week, told in 8 stunning images

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