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Russians still battling to fix space station glitches
Engineers trying to repair malfunctioning computers on the International Space Station are "cautiously optimistic" they will be successful
Astronomers pin down mass of former 'tenth planet'
By observing the orbit of its tiny moon, astronomers have calculated the mass of the icy world Eris it is 27% heftier than Pluto
Launch of European space cargo ship delayed again
The first of Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicles designed to carry supplies to the space station will launch no earlier than January 2008
Plasma rocket breaks endurance record
A revolutionary type of rocket engine has been tested for a record time of more than four hours at a test facility in Costa Rica
Dawn spacecraft damaged but still set for launch
A worker dropped a wrench on one of the craft's solar panels, but the damage will likely not delay the asteroid mission's planned 7 July launch
Mars's uphill ocean explained
Variations in levels of a 'coastline' on the planet could be explained by crust distortions caused by polar wandering
Jets of matter clocked at near-light speed
The fastest flows of matter in the universe shoot out of dying stars at more than 99.999% the speed of light, new observations reveal
Shuttle mission extended to allow heat shield repair
NASA will fix a rip in the shuttle Atlantis's heat shield system, meaning two days and an extra spacewalk will be added to its mission
Mysterious signal hints at subsurface ocean on Titan
When it landed on the moon in 2005, the Huygens probe detected a strange radio signal it may be evidence of an underground ocean
Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface
A new analysis of pictures taken by the exploration rover Opportunity reveals what appear to be small ponds of water but some experts doubt the claim
NASA watchdog under fire for being 'too close'
The space agency's inspector general Robert Cobb was criticised yesterday for allegedly being too close to the agency's top managers, and not providing an independent check on the agency
Black holes may be snared by interstellar gas
Supermassive black holes could be forced to collide by the gentle drag from interstellar gas, new computer simulations suggest
Star duo are biggest yet
The two most massive stars ever discovered are circling each other near the centre of the Milky Way one is so big, some say it shouldn't exist
New quasar is the oldest yet
The discovery of a small quasar 13 billion light years away gives insights into the condition of the universe soon after the big bang
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