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Voyager 2's view of solar system's edge will be unique

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Voyager 2's view of solar system's edge will be unique

There's reason to think Voyager 2's sensors will pick up changes that contrast with what Voyager 1 saw en route to the edge of interstellar space

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Europe launches two satellites into wrong orbit

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Five sites shortlisted for Rosetta's comet landing

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Five sites shortlisted for Rosetta's comet landing

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Rosetta probe poised to touch and taste a comet

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Rosetta probe poised to touch and taste a comet

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Sleep tight? Not a chance if you're in space

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Sleep tight? Not a chance if you're in space

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Snap-happy space fans deserve quick pics

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US is wasting money on too many spy satellites

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Rosetta arrives – and sends images of 'superstar comet'

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Rosetta arrives – and sends images of 'superstar comet'

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Comet-mapping Rosetta spacecraft prepares for duty

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Comet-mapping Rosetta spacecraft prepares for duty

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Dinosaurs shrank for 50 million years to become birds

Life

Dinosaurs shrank for 50 million years to become birds

The meat-eating theropod dinosaurs shrank 12 times in a row, going from over 200 kilograms to less than a kilogram, until they were small enough to fly

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Comet mission must not keep space fans in the dark

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Flying blind

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Space

Europe makes final delivery run to space station

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Own the record-breaking scramjet NASA and Russia built

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