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Radar reveals ice deep below Martian surface
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Thruster glitch puts asteroid probe in safe mode’
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Magnetic field detected in young star’s dusty disc
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Hayabusa touched asteroid Itokawa after all
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Shake sensors to pinpoint air leaks in spacecraft
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Dwarfs found in colliding galaxies’ wake
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Asteroid-sampler misses its mark
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Celestial odd couple baffles astronomers
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Private company revives old NASA shuttle design
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Star nursery may be growing planets too
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Polarised light may reveal hidden exoplanets
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Mega-lift Ariane rocket launch delayed
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