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For the first time ever, scientists have observed two supermassive black holes orbiting one another.
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A French scientist is working on a novel new way to keep Earth's orbit clear of defunct satellites.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a rather unusual feature on the planet's surface.
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The mysterious star has been puzzling astronomers for years due to its erratic, inexplicable behavior.
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Scientists have been trying to work out what the weather might be like on this recently discovered world.
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A crew of astronauts will spend a year in orbit around the Moon as a trial run for a mission to Mars.
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The US Air Force's mysterious space plane has landed in Florida after spending nearly two years in orbit.
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Scientists at NASA have been drawing up plans for the demolition of the International Space Station.
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The private space firm succeeded in sending a top secret US military satellite in to orbit this morning.
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NASA's long-lived Cassini spacecraft will soon begin its first in a series of final orbits around Saturn.
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The bizarre plan would see the world's tallest building being hung upside-down from an orbiting asteroid.
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NASA partner Lockheed Martin is planning an ambitious mission to put astronauts into orbit around Mars.
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The US Air Force's mysterious space plane is on track to break the mission duration record of 674 days.
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A new radar technique has made it possible to locate a derelict spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.
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A space station could be placed in cis-lunar orbit to act as a stepping-stone towards a trip to Mars.
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A new joint mission will see astronauts orbiting the Moon for the first time in over four decades.
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The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit.
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Glenn became a national hero back in 1962 when he became the first American ever to orbit the Earth.
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Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
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The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has returned a set of high-quality test photographs from the Red Planet.