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Future generations may be lost in space
If travelling to a new home might take thousands of years, would humans be able to successfully procreate along the way?
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Latest star of 3D... the Sun
The Sun in all its illuminating glory has for the first time been photographed on all sides at once in an historic image.
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Go on, reach for the stars
A still summer night seems like the perfect time to just lie on your back gazing at the stars.
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Boeing buys a ticket for the new space race
New 'space taxis' could be blasting off from Cape Canaveral in Florida as soon as in 2015, according to Boeing.
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Nasa mission to hottest of hotspots
Nasa is planning to send a mission to one of the most inhospitable places in the universe – the sun itself.
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Take a deep breath - why the world is running out of helium
A US law means supplies of the gas - a vital component in MRI scans - are vanishing fast.
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British scientists begin project to search for life on Mars
British scientists have started an ambitious project aimed at searching for signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars.
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2010 is 'warmest year ever'
Climate change advocates will be buoyed by data which has emerged from the US today.
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UFO-chasing hacker: Nasa security 'truly shocking'
Accused of "the biggest military hack of all time" Gary McKinnon is, according to the US, the most dangerous hacker in the world.
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<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Why first man on Mars will probably be Chinese
The US will be a hitch-hiker on other nations' space programmes, writes Gwynne Dyer.
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Obama: Era of 'monopoly money' over
US President Barack Obama has unveiled a budget that forecast a record deficit of $1.56 trillion (NZ$2.2 trillion) this year.