May 04

The signals broadcast into space by radar astronomers over the last 40 years could easily be traced back to Earth

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May 04

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has painted a dramatic picture of her return journey to Earth from the International Space Station on 19 April, when her crew’s Soyuz capsule took an unexpected trajectory that gave the astronauts a very rough ride.During…

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May 04

Want an ultimate theory of the universe? There’s no shortage of weird and wonderful ideas, as discovers

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May 04

A fireball of immature oil in rocks at the impact site could explain soot deposits around the world, say researchers

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May 04

Researchers make the controversial claim that an element heavier than anything made in the lab has been found in Earth rocks

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May 04

A plan to service the telescope in August will be postponed at least a month due to delays in making space shuttle fuel tanks

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May 04

Bits of Halley’s Comet will streak into the atmosphere before dawn on Monday – a lack of moonlight will make the display especially good

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May 04

Europe’s ExoMars mission will carry an instrument called Urey, which will determine whether any amino acids on Mars were made by life

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May 04

A proposed space telescope focuses light primarily with a patterned sheet of metal – though challenging to build, it could outperform Hubble

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May 04

A powerful, five-month-long storm continues to rage on Saturn, making it the planet’s longest continuously observed tempest

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