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The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite?
Two decades ago, Maurice Ward invented a fireproof substance that outperformed all known materials. Why wouldn't he reveal its secret?
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Space
California meteorite is rare rock laden with organics
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Earth
Crucial environment satellite falls silent
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Health
Space is bad for astronauts’ eyes
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Space
Planetary scientists battle over NASA’s Mars budget
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Life
NASA scales back hunt for life on Mars
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Space
Astronaut dream lives on despite cash woes and crashes
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Twin satellites buzz around man in the moon
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Space
NASA blasted for losing space samples in the mail
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NASA confiscates web-auctioned rocket engine
The 1960s RL-10 engine was put up for sale on an internet auction site, highlighting security concerns at the space agency
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Earth
Visit to the coral gardeners’ seabed lab
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Space
Shuttle’s last spacewalker: ‘Gravity is an option’
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Hardy 6-tonne satellite falls to Earth
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Space
Space station may fly without a crew later this year
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