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Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Space

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Two blobs detected in the distant, ancient universe may be the seeds of the supermassive black holes that now dominate every galaxy

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India's reusable space plane takes its first test flight

Space

India's reusable space plane takes its first test flight

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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Mars lander

Space

SpaceX Mars mission is a chance to hunt for life on the planet

Insight

Artist's impression of Dragon 2 capsule landing on Mars

Space

SpaceX says it will fly to Mars in 2018 – what are its chances?

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Life

60 Seconds

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A blue glow in the clouds, as seen from the window of the ISS

Earth

Upside-down lightning and mystery blue glimpses caught on film

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Dawn probe with beam of blue light come from the front

Physics

NASA's Dawn probe may visit third asteroid after Ceres and Vesta

The team behind Dawn, the first ever asteroid-hopping spacecraft, have asked NASA for permission to extend its mission to a third destination  

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Space

Space station turf war is coming – who will own low Earth orbit?

Insight

Space

SpaceX lands reusable rocket on a barge after four failures

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Space

Billionaire pledges $100m to send spaceships to Alpha Centauri

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Space

Our top 5 wacky NASA missions that might just happen

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