Probe to study mighty explosions
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Scientists give details of a new mission to investigate colossal explosions on the surface of the Sun.
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We should be using probes to look for life in space instead of radio signals, say scientists.
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Teams of international scientists have  used observations from NASA's Swift satellite and other  telescopes to witness the evolution of a cosmic blast into a  stellar explosion or supernova.
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A new U.S. orbiting satellite is carrying a tiny analyzer to study plasma depletions, known as plasma bubbles, that can disrupt communications.
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SEOUL -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog is investigating a secret uranium-enrichment experiment that South Korean scientists conducted four years ago, UN and South Korean officials said yesterday.
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A NASA-led team is studying the construction of a railway in space for a pair of telescopes that will provide views of planet, star, and galaxy formation in unprecedented detail. The proposed Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) mission will also examine the atmospheric chemistry of giant planets around other stars.
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A rock quarried in Scotland is blasted into space to probe suggestions meteorites could carry life.
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NASA is preparing to launch a new space telescope named GLAST to study the most violent explosions in the history of our Universe.
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The European Rosetta mission will sample a comet as it tries to harpoon and hook onto its surface. A specially designed oven will cook the comet in analogy to sniffing for recognizable elements.
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Scientists are hopeful they can retrieve particles of solar wind from a capsule that crashed last week.
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A new space observatory has been launched to hunt down and study the most powerful explosions seen in the Universe since the Big Bang itself.
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Ion engines might enable homecoming Japanese scientists will next month attempt to guide the country's sickly Hyabusa probe back to Earth, New Scientist reports.â¦
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The Ministry of Defence is investigating the source of four explosions at Camp Dogwood where the 850-strong battle group is arriving in phases.
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A new space observatory was rocketing into orbit yesterday preparing to scan the universe for the most violent celestial explosions since the Big Bang.
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The European Space Agency prepares to send its Huygens probe hurtling through the smoggy atmosphere of Saturn's moon, Titan. What the probe will find on the other side is anybody's guess. By Amit Asaravala.
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UK space scientists and engineers design a mission to investigate a potentially hazardous asteroid.
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The Huygens probe is on target and all set for its encounter with Titan, the mysterious large moon of Saturn. The 2.7m-wide robot lab has passed its final systems check-out and scientists