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The DNA of microbes found on the International Space Station has been sequenced in space for the first time.
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The ambitious mission, if successful, will achieve what no other country has ever managed to do.
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NASA is considering a mission to Saturn's moon Titan that would use a drone to scout across large areas.
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One young Christmas fan decided to take matters in to his own hands in Jackson, Mississippi this week.
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The mission would involve traveling 4.3 light years at around ten per cent of the speed of light.
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The new system offers a much-needed safety feature to help stranded astronauts get back to the ISS.
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Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov has indicated that bacteria found on the space station could have come from space.
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A new study has indicated that the famous cloned sheep had not suffered from any abnormal health issues.
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Thousands of scientists from 184 countries have issued a stark warning about the future of our planet.
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Yuri Milner is looking to send a spacecraft to Enceladus to look for evidence of extraterrestrial life.
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The incredibly rare map, of which only a few are known to exist, has reappeared after 350 years.
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The creator of a huge crop message spotted in the UK by a police helicopter has finally been found.
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The space agency has put together a compilation of spooky audio clips from its robotic space missions.
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Scientists have linked the brain size of cetaceans to the 'human-like' nature of their social behaviors.
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A long-standing mystery concerning the whereabouts of the universe's missing matter has been solved.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified the site of an ancient lake on the Red Planet's surface.
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Nobel Prize winner Rainer Weiss and his colleagues have hinted at an upcoming 'exciting announcement'.
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NASA has been exploring ways to protect astronauts from deadly radiation during future missions to Mars.
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An upcoming mission designed to test out the deflection of a large asteroid has hit a bit of a snag.
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One of the greatest robotic space missions of all time has finally reached its inevitable conclusion.