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Earth science gets boost in NASA budget
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Obama orders review of NASA’s post-shuttle plans
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Could flowers bloom on icy moon Europa?
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Mysterious spokes found in crater on Mercury
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Sun damage conceals asteroids’ true ages
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Video shows launch of world’s largest amateur rocket
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Missing planets suggest stars ‘eat’ their young
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Most distant object in the universe spotted
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Plasma bubbles and cosmic fountains: the week in space
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NASA gears up for its last mission to Hubble
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Mysterious cosmic blob discovered in early universe
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‘Sigmoids’ on the sun could help predict space storms
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