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Hubble re-opens an eyeThe telescope's main camera is back on after being dormant for a month � two other cameras may soon restart their observations |
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VIDEO: India Heads to MoonAiming to redraw lunar maps, India has launched its first moon mission, joining other countries in a new space race. |
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NASA sends probe to study edge of solar systemWASHINGTON, (AFP) - The US space agency was on Sunday to launch a space probe that will go into orbit high above earth to study the distant edge of the solar system where hot solar winds crash into the cold outer space. |
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Mars rover facing two-year trekNasa is sending its Opportunity Mars rover on an 11km, two-year trek to try to reach a huge crater. |
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Exoplanet ‘circles normal star’Astronomers unveil what may be the first picture of an extra-solar planet circling a normal star like our own Sun. |
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Europe’s Mars Express probe gets an eyeful of the Red Planet’s major moon, PhobosEurope's Mars Express spacecraft returns some remarkable close-up images of the Red Planet's Phobos moon. |
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Solar sail gets another chance for launchAs early as the end of July 2008, NASA plans to test solar sail technology in orbit with a tiny spacecraft called NanoSail-D |
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Earth ‘not at risk’ from colliderOur planet will not be sucked into a black hole made in a new European physics facility, a report concludes. |
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Mars probe makes ‘ice’ discoveryNasa's Phoenix spacecraft has unearthed "perfect" evidence of ice in the soil around its landing site on Mars. |
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Space cameras to monitor forestsPlans to use high resolution cameras in space to monitor deforestation in the Congo Basin are unveiled. |
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Three ‘Super-Earths’ Found Orbiting Sun-Like StarMore massive than Earth but less massive than Neptune, super-Earths could harbor life outside our solar system, some scientists believe. |
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Phoenix starts to get rewardsNasa's new lander on Mars is learning how to cope with the clumpy soil at its location on the northern plains. |
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VIDEO: Polar Probe to Land on MarsNASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled to touch down near the planet's north pole Sunday and begin its search for signs of life on Mars. |
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Virtual telescope opens night skyMicrosoft launches a free tool that allows amateur star-gazers to explore the universe from their computers. |
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Science news headlines
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- Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
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- New technologies detect seizures, and could possibly even eliminate them
- Floating wind turbines to produce low cost renewable energy
- Device invented that can detect infectious disease in minutes
- American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology
- New system could eventually ‘eliminate’ batteries
- Digital tools ‘to save languages’
- Transplant jaw made by 3D printer claimed as first
- The Cleanweb Takes Off
- Personal medicine is a little bit closer: Sequence your genome for under $1000
- 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
- New discovery could lead to better artificial hips
- New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
- First Earth-sized planets spotted
- Artificial Intestines near reality
- Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery—healing without cuts
- Harnessing desert sun to power Europe
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