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Physics
Universe’s first stars may have been dark
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Space
Mars rover Spirit gets stuck as winter approaches
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Space
Mars rover Spirit to head north for the winter
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Space
Comet brightens mysteriously by a factor of a million
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Space
Giant balloon to loft world’s largest solar telescope
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Space
NASA cuts funding to private spaceship developer
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Space
Youthful-looking galaxy conceals ancient stars
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Space
Forecasters predict morning drizzle on Titan
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Life
Microbes can survive ‘deep freeze’ for 100,000 years
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Space
Did an ancient impact bowl Pluto over?
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Space
Giant telescope in race to become world’s largest
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Space
Extragalactic radio burst puzzles astronomers
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