Space
Blue Origin test of escape system for space tourists a success
In Texas today, aerospace firm Blue Origins successfully tested an in-flight escape system, designed to carry future space tourists to safety in an emergency.
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Rosetta’s biggest hits: The comet chaser’s top seven discoveries
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Earth
Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last
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Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought
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Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean
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World’s largest telescope array takes its deepest view yet
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New NASA budget could put asteroid-grabbing mission in jeopardy
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‘Alien megastructure’ star may be explained by interstellar junk
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Rosetta set for a grand finale by diving into cometary cave
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Blue Origin unveils big new rocket that will put humans in orbit
The firm, headed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is planning at least two new rockets more powerful than any in current use - but SpaceX may beat them to it
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CSI Eta Carinae: Clouds suggest odd star’s history of violence
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Life
Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely
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Life
Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank
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Life
Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling
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