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Where does space begin?

How high is space? Public Astronomer Marek Kukula from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, UK, explains where space officially starts.

(Image: Earth, as seen from the International Space Station, Credit: Alexander Gerst / ESA via Getty Images.)

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