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Phoenix Lander robotic arm camera sees possible ice May 31, 2008
Inflatable robots could explore Mars May 31, 2008
Japanese hopes ride on Discovery May 31, 2008
Phoenix Mars Lander puts arm and other tools to work May 30, 2008
Cassini flies by Titan, readies for extended tour May 30, 2008
Strange ring found circling dead star May 29, 2008
Milky Way's mass is drastically reduced May 29, 2008
Mars lander prepares to move arm May 28, 2008
Experts discuss how to find another Earth May 28, 2008
Mars scientists ponder polygon mystery May 27, 2008
Early images reveal frosts on Pluto May 27, 2008
Camera on Mars orbiter snaps Phoenix during landing May 27, 2008
Phoenix spacecraft reports good health after Mars landing May 26, 2008
Mars probe set for risky landing May 25, 2008
Do other star systems need protection from Earth life? May 24, 2008
Dark energy 'imaged' in best detail yet May 24, 2008
Mars rover finds Yellowstone-like hot spring deposits May 24, 2008
Third red spot erupts on Jupiter May 23, 2008
Sun's properties not 'fine-tuned' for life May 23, 2008
Sound 'cause of shadow spectacle' May 23, 2008
NASA's Swift catches a star going 'kaboom!' May 22, 2008
Storm winds blow in Jupiter's Little Red Spot May 22, 2008
Hubble survey finds missing matter May 21, 2008
Pipsqueak star unleashes monster flare May 20, 2008
How information escapes from a black hole May 19, 2008
Cosmic dust gives water a helping hand May 18, 2008
NASA satellite finds interior of Mars is colder May 16, 2008
A molecular thermometer for the distant universe May 16, 2008
Discovery of most recent supernova in our Galaxy May 15, 2008
Jupiter moon's poles 'wandered' far and wide May 15, 2008
Phoenix mission ready for Mars landing May 14, 2008
Doubt cast on source of universe's mightiest particles May 14, 2008
WorldWide Telescope brings space exploration to Earth May 13, 2008
Volunteers asked to help find dead spacecraft on Mars May 13, 2008
XMM-Newton discovers part of missing matter in the universe May 13, 2008
Iron 'snow' may explain Mercury's magnetic field May 12, 2008
Astronomers begin search for 'vanishing' stars May 10, 2008
Magnetic rocks may reveal Martian life May 9, 2008
Saturn does the wave in upper atmosphere May 8, 2008
NASA Kepler mission offers opportunity to send names into space May 7, 2008
Plasma-powered flying saucer May 7, 2008
Phoenix landing area viewed by MRO May 7, 2008
Did Earth once have multiple moons? May 6, 2008
Titan's smoggy sand grains May 5, 2008
Earth 'noise' could attract alien invaders May 3, 2008
Hubble flight slips by 4-5 weeks May 2, 2008
Jupiter's shadow sculpts its rings May 1, 2008
Monster black hole found escaping home galaxy Apr 30, 2008
Cosmic time warp revealed in slow-motion supernovae Apr 29, 2008
Wild galaxies collide Apr 28, 2008
Plan to identify watery earth-like planets develops Apr 27, 2008
Space 'spiderwebs' could propel future probes Apr 25, 2008
Solar system could go haywire before the Sun dies Apr 24, 2008
Black hole plasma jet reveals twisted magnetic fields Apr 23, 2008
Mysterious 'bright young things' found in solar system Apr 23, 2008
The drifting star Apr 22, 2008
Moon's birth changed the length of days on Earth Apr 20, 2008
ET contact odds 'extremely low' Apr 19, 2008
'Babelfish' to translate alien tongues could be built Apr 19, 2008
Stars born in galactic wilderness Apr 18, 2008
Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet Apr 17, 2008
Pioneer spacecraft mystery may be laid to rest Apr 16, 2008
Milky Way's giant black hole awoke from slumber 300 years ago Apr 15, 2008
Visions of Sun's great 'belches' Apr 15, 2008
Rocket Racing League announces first exhibition race Apr 14, 2008
Crippled probe may send cargo drifting into space Apr 14, 2008
Why is the universe's brightest blast still blazing? Apr 12, 2008
NASA spacecraft fine tunes course for Mars landing Apr 11, 2008
Smallest exoplanet may have been found Apr 11, 2008
Did pre-big bang universe leave its mark on the sky? Apr 10, 2008
Galaxies' spiral arms may betray black holes' weight Apr 9, 2008
Genesis machine poised to end quest for 'God particle' Apr 8, 2008
Solar System's 'look-alike' found Apr 7, 2008
Divisive idea 'explains galaxies' Apr 6, 2008
Black hole found in Omega Centauri Apr 5, 2008
Robot space truck docks with ISS Apr 4, 2008
'No Sun link' to climate change Apr 3, 2008
Astronomers see 'youngest planet' Apr 2, 2008
Universe's tiniest black hole discovered Apr 2, 2008
Two new star systems are first of their kind Apr 2, 2008
Dainty space truck proves itself Apr 1, 2008
Space freighter's approach and go Mar 30, 2008
Space elevators face wobble problem Mar 30, 2008
Particle smasher 'not a threat to the Earth' Mar 28, 2008
New image may reveal embryonic world Mar 27, 2008
Cassini tastes organic material at Saturn's geyser moon Mar 27, 2008
Endeavour touches down in Florida Mar 27, 2008
Rocket planes seek market share Mar 27, 2008
NASA reverses budget cuts that threatened Mars rovers Mar 26, 2008
Space shuttle ending record visit Mar 25, 2008
Endeavour astronauts stash pole Mar 24, 2008
Universe's most powerful blast visible to the naked eye Mar 22, 2008
Saturn moon may have hidden ocean Mar 20, 2008
Mars is 'covered in table salt' Mar 20, 2008
Methane found on distant world Mar 19, 2008
Writer Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90 Mar 19, 2008
First unchanging 'soliton' wave found in space Mar 19, 2008
Fizzy water powered 'super' geysers on ancient Mars Mar 18, 2008
Space planes 'to meet big demand' Mar 17, 2008
Crashed probe yields Sun secrets Mar 16, 2008
Saturn moon 'once had ocean' Mar 15, 2008
Cassini flies through watery plumes of Saturn moon Mar 14, 2008
Hardy Earth bacteria can grow in lunar soil Mar 14, 2008
Spitzer finds organics and water where new planets may grow Mar 14, 2008
Meteorites may be remnants of destroyed dwarf planet Mar 13, 2008
Huge ice deposits 'seen' on Mars Mar 13, 2008
Swarm of meteorites may solve Peru impact mystery Mar 13, 2008
Japan marvels at its Moon movies Mar 12, 2008
Cassini to make audacious flyby Mar 12, 2008
Endeavour launched from Florida Mar 11, 2008
Huge space truck races into orbit Mar 9, 2008
Mars crater's ancient lakes may have been habitable Mar 8, 2008
Giant telescope opens both eyes Mar 7, 2008
Saturn's moon Rhea may have rings Mar 7, 2008
Universe submerged in a sea of chilled neutrinos Mar 6, 2008
NASA spacecraft photographs avalanches on Mars Mar 5, 2008
Colliding black holes may leave infrared glows Mar 4, 2008
Liquid water found flowing on Mars? Not yet Mar 3, 2008
NASA gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle launch On March 11 Mar 2, 2008
Nearest star's wobbles could reveal Earth's twin Mar 1, 2008
Could meteorite discovery weaken dark energy's case? Feb 29, 2008
Spacecraft at Mars prepare to welcome new kid on the block Feb 29, 2008
Universe's biggest stars form in the densest gas clouds Feb 28, 2008
Spitzer's eyes perfect for spotting diamonds in the sky Feb 27, 2008
US team wins asteroid competition Feb 27, 2008
Galaxy portrait reveals a blaze of newborn stars Feb 27, 2008
Exoskeleton shows running, not walking, best on Moon Feb 26, 2008
International solar mission to end following stellar performance Feb 24, 2008
Hope dims that Earth will survive Sun's death Feb 23, 2008
Giant ropes of dark matter found in new sky survey Feb 22, 2008
Black hole defends its heavyweight title Feb 22, 2008
Martian crater records aftermath of Amazon-like flood Feb 21, 2008
Contract for private space cargo Feb 20, 2008
Cassini finds mingling moons may share a dark past Feb 20, 2008
First stars 'may have been dark' Feb 19, 2008
Atlantis undocks for journey home Feb 19, 2008
Many, perhaps most, nearby Sun-like stars may form rocky planets Feb 17, 2008
Early Mars 'too salty' for life Feb 16, 2008
Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth Feb 15, 2008
First multiple planet system found by microlensing Feb 14, 2008
'Periodic table' organises zoo of black hole orbits Feb 14, 2008
Astronomers eye ultra-young, bright galaxy in early universe Feb 13, 2008
Columbus docks with space station Feb 12, 2008
Organic molecules found on alien world for first time Feb 11, 2008
Star eats star and builds planets from the crumbs Feb 10, 2008
NASA's Deep Impact begins hunt for alien worlds Feb 9, 2008
Is time travel possible, and will it ever take place? Feb 8, 2008
Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Feb 7, 2008
Saturn has a 'giant sponge' Feb 7, 2008
Galaxy without dark matter puzzles astronomers Feb 6, 2008
NASA calls for ambitious outer solar system mission Feb 5, 2008
X-rays betray giant particle accelerator in the sky Feb 4, 2008
Beatles hit to be played in space Feb 3, 2008
Journey to Saturn from your computer Feb 2, 2008
Conjoined space telescopes could see alien worlds Feb 1, 2008
Unusual supernovae may reveal intermediate-mass black holes Feb 1, 2008
Bizarre spider scar found on Mercury's surface Jan 31, 2008
Dark energy makes galaxies keep their distance Jan 31, 2008
Mercury's volcanic past revealed Jan 30, 2008
Asteroid makes close Earth pass Jan 30, 2008
Cosmic suburbia is a better breeding ground for stars Jan 29, 2008
Space impact creates giant mushroom cloud Jan 28, 2008
Satellite could plummet to Earth Jan 27, 2008
Largest asteroid to come near Earth in 22 years Jan 25, 2008
Comet samples are surprisingly asteroid-like Jan 25, 2008
Jupiter's raging thunderstorms a sign of 'global upheaval' Jan 24, 2008
Virgin unveils spaceship designs Jan 23, 2008
Milky Way's antimatter linked to exotic black holes Jan 22, 2008
Tremors keep crust-dwelling microbes alive Jan 22, 2008
NASA investigates virtual space Jan 21, 2008
European probe aims for Mercury Jan 20, 2008
'Monsters' blamed for extreme chaos in black holes Jan 18, 2008
Teleportation: fact or fiction? Jan 18, 2008
Ice clouds put Mars in the shade Jan 17, 2008
Upgraded neutrino detector could root out dark matter Jan 17, 2008
MESSENGER's first look at Mercury's previously unseen side Jan 16, 2008
Ocean rocket returns to business Jan 16, 2008
Hubble peers into dark matter web Jan 15, 2008
Photons orbit black hole 'roulette wheel' Jan 15, 2008
Cosmic dust disc to force rethink Jan 14, 2008
Hubble finds double Einstein ring Jan 14, 2008
Giant gas cloud to crash into our galaxy Jan 12, 2008
Even thin galaxies can grow fat black holes Jan 12, 2008
Where planets can form, they do Jan 12, 2008
Rapid spin for giant black holes Jan 12, 2008
MESSENGER set for historic Mercury flyby Jan 11, 2008
Middleweight black holes roam the galaxy undetected Jan 11, 2008
Fix will give Hubble major boost Jan 11, 2008
Risk of Mars impact drops to 1 in 10,000 Jan 10, 2008
Biggest black hole in the cosmos discovered Jan 10, 2008
Planets form twice for old stars Jan 10, 2008
Planet collision could explain alien world's heat Jan 10, 2008
Milky Way 'ancestors' discovered Jan 9, 2008
Galaxy's spiral arms point in opposite directions Jan 9, 2008
'Maverick' sunspot heralds new solar cycle Jan 8, 2008
Red dust in planet-forming disk may harbor precursors to life Jan 7, 2008
Hot cyclones churn at both ends of Saturn Jan 5, 2008
10,000 Earths' worth of fresh dust found near star explosion Jan 5, 2008
Possible Mars impact highlights risk to Earth Jan 4, 2008
Airborne astronomers to track intense meteor shower Jan 3, 2008
First planet discovered around a youthful star Jan 2, 2008
Second thoughts on life, the universe and everything by world's best brains Jan 1, 2008