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First S Korean astronaut launches
South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, blasts off for a sojourn on the International Space Station.
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Saturn moon ‘hiding ocean’
Saturn's moon Titan may have a deep, hidden ocean, according to new data from the Cassini space probe.
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Avalanches caught flowing on Mars
A NASA orbiter has captured the first images of Martian avalanches – melting ice, high winds or a meteorite impact may have triggered the flows
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Nearest star’s wobbles could reveal Earth’s twin
Another Earth may be orbiting the star next door, and we could find it within a few years by monitoring the star constantly
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Potentially Habitable Planets Are Common, Study Says
More than half of the sunlike stars in our galaxy could have terrestrial planets with the potential for life, a new study says.
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New Lab Hooked Up to Space Station
A new science lab is attached to the space station, wired and ready.
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Weird “Spider,” Volcanism Discovered on Mercury
Pictures from the MESSENGER mission are revealing never before seen formations and signs that the tiny planet has volcanic activity, NASA announced.
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Virgin unveils spaceship designsEngland - Virgin Galactic has released the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space. |
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Upgraded Hubble telescope to be 90 times as powerfulAstronauts will not only install two new instruments but will also fix two broken ones in an upcoming shuttle mission – creating '90 Hubbles' |
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Tiny Galaxy Spotted Halfway Across the UniverseSanta Barbara, California, USA - Astronomers have spotted and weighed a tiny galaxy located 6 billion light-years away, or nearly halfway across the universe. |
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