Japan sends probe to the Sun
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Scientists have high hopes for a new mission to investigate colossal explosions on the surface of the Sun.
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The Genesis probe, which left Earth in 2001 to gather particles blown off the Sun, returns its samples on Wednesday.
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Japan launches a rocket carrying its third spy satellite, increasing its ability to monitor North Korea.
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Japan's space agency launches its first lunar orbiter for a year-long mission to explore the moon.
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Japan launched its fourth spy satellite Saturday, completing its capabilities to monitor activities worldwide and bolstering its ability to observe neighboring North Korea's nuclear program.
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Astrophysicists find a star-like object with a surface temperature just one tenth that of the Sun.
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Scientists create a tiny image of the Sun using a technique which could be used to make silicon chips.
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Last week in Boulder, Colorado, scientists converged on the &quot;Living With A Star&quot; workshop to share the latest research in solar physics. At one point,  nearly 200 participants sat slack-jawed as they watched a new movie recorded by Japan's Hinode spacecraft showing a sunspot emerging from the depths of the sun.
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A space capsule set to plunge into Earth&#39;s atmosphere with a piece of the Sun this Wednesday has spawned additional projects ranging from spacecraft design to the detection of dangerous asteroids.
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Japan launched its first lunar probe on Friday, nicknamed Kaguya after a fairy-tale princess, in the latest move in a new race with China, India and the United States to explore the moon.
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A proposed solar telescope could help scientists gain a clearer picture of the link between sunspots and solar storms, which can spur power outages on Earth.
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Space engineers sent Europe&#39;s Huygens probe sweeping towards Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan, yesterday. Officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said they had received a signal confirming
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NASA is reviewing a list of&nbsp;fission-powered missions  that could pre-empt&nbsp;the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) effort now being  eyed for space travel no sooner than 2015.
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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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By Fauziah Ismail  MALAYSIA could well intensify its space exploration programme with the assistance of Japan, which has already sent five astronauts into space.
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Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, which gives its the capability to observe any location around the globe.
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The first solar-wind samples recovered from the crashed Genesis space capsule will be examined by researchers in California. The Genesis crashed earlier this month into Utah&#39;s west desert.