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3-May-09

Debris: How satellites could 'sail' home

"Satellites and spent rocket stages could soon deploy "sails" to guide them back to Earth much faster than they would otherwise fall out of the sky."

Category: Space

1-May-09

The space giant is coming

"The most distant cosmic explosion ever recorded would have made a fascinating target for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), according to scientists now building the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope."

Category: Space

23-Apr-09

The sun's cooling down - so what does that mean for us?

"The sun's activity is winding down, triggering fevered debate among scientists about how low it will go, and what it means for Earth's climate."

Category: Space

21-Apr-09

Galaxy's centre tastes of raspberries and smells of rum, say astronomers

"The hunt for chemicals in deep space that could seed life on other planets has yielded a large, fruity molecule"

Category: Space

20-Apr-09

Switch-on success for superscope

"The first stage of the switch-on of one of the world's most powerful stargazing systems has got under way."

Category: Space

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