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Galaxy clusters’ stunted growth confirms dark energy
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Southern sky to be mapped for first time
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Virgin Galactic ‘mothership’ to take first flight
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Cosmic diamonds may be hidden in ‘carbon onions’
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Milky Way’s dimmest bulbs found
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Review: Mars 3D by Jim Bell
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2008 to be extended by one second
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Space elevator trips could be agonisingly slow
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Life
Search for alien engineering comes up dry 鈥� so far
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Over-budget Mars rover mission delayed until 2011
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Big bang’s afterglow may reveal birthplace of comets
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Rare celestial trio dazzles sky watchers
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