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NASA

NASA's 2020 Mars rover will be a rock collector

Space

NASA's 2020 Mars rover will be a rock collector

The Curiosity clone will directly seek out signs of past life and will collect rock samples, although it is unclear how they will be sent back to Earth

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High-energy cosmos is violent with hint of dark matter

Space

High-energy cosmos is violent with hint of dark matter

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Flowery return for China's longest-lasting astronauts

Space

Flowery return for China's longest-lasting astronauts

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NASA launches new telescope to solve sun heat mystery

Space

NASA launches new telescope to solve sun heat mystery

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Mars fans vote to immortalise Curiosity rover in Lego

Space

Mars fans vote to immortalise Curiosity rover in Lego

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Skylab: The trailblazing outpost in space

Space

Skylab: The trailblazing outpost in space

Books & Arts

Xenon-ion engine makes space travel a rhapsody in blue

Space

Xenon-ion engine makes space travel a rhapsody in blue

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It's time to start mining the moon

Space

It's time to start mining the moon

Opinion

Google and NASA team up to use quantum computer

Technology

Google and NASA team up to use quantum computer

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GROVER the NASA rover takes on Greenland ice sheet

Earth

GROVER the NASA rover takes on Greenland ice sheet

A cheaper option than aircraft or satellite monitoring, the GROVER rover will reveal the effects of climate change on ice cover in Greenland

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Life

First neighbouring planets that are both life-friendly

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Space

International Space Station to get 787-style batteries

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Space

Obama will reveal $100-million plan to seize asteroid

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