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Firm vows to grow first flowers on the moon
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Physics
Home computers to search for tangoing pulsars
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Earth
Meteorite hunters ‘strike gold’ in Sudan
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Space
Moon shadows on Saturn rings are a sign of spring
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Space
Massive young star explodes ‘before its time’
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Space
Mars rover Opportunity experiences wheel trouble
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Space
NASA may send fleet of spacecraft to Venus
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Earth
Probe launches to map Earth’s gravity in best detail yet
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Earth
Launch of European gravity satellite delayed
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Space
Space station may move to dodge debris
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Space
Mars Odyssey orbiter reboots for first time in five years
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Space
Gallery: the evolution of the spacesuit
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