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'Alien spies live among us' says Bulgarian gov space boffin

Say we must stop global warming, unnatural insemination

26 Nov 12:32

NASA to develop haptic air-typing spacesuit gloves

Touch screens over before they began?

26 Nov 10:02

Atlantis glides home with choked pee nozzle

No more dumps before terra firma?

25 Nov 21:43

Superconductor forcefield to shield re-entering spacecraft?

Euro/Russian plan for submarine missile test mulled

25 Nov 12:34

Dodgy wheel thwarts Mars rover rescue

Sand trap 3: NASA 0

24 Nov 18:34

NASA plans robot rocket aeroplane to fly above Mars

To join nuclear laser tank. Mars defends, actually

24 Nov 13:36

New analysis points to ancient Martian ocean, river valleys

Just a matter of finding sea-monster skeletons, now

23 Nov 16:10

New sensitive space gloves: NASA spends wad freely

Glovely cash for astro haberdashers

23 Nov 09:57

Atlantis astronaut flying high over baby's birth

Houston, we have a daddy

22 Nov 23:28

Atlantis specialists set for ISS spacewalk

Robotic arm lube job on list of tasks

19 Nov 11:31

US, China play footsie with joint space mission

We will 'enhance security in outer space'

19 Nov 07:02

Cosmic Vampire sheds light on dark energy

European Astro-boffs eagerly wait for supernova

18 Nov 13:32

NASA maps Mars with child labor web games

Hey kid, Be a Martian

18 Nov 06:02

Atlantis heads for ISS with spare parts

Last shuttle blast of year

16 Nov 20:03

Earth set for annual Leonid shower

Meteor outlook not bright in Europe or US, though

16 Nov 16:06

The best mad scientist memoir of the year

Book review Zuppero's zingy tale of space travel and bonkers weaponry

15 Nov 10:02

NASA: the Moon is a hydrated mistress

LCROSS spies 'buckets' of water in lunar crater

13 Nov 20:12

ISS piss recycler packs up again on eve of Atlantis visit

O for a beaker of the warm south

13 Nov 17:04

Quickening satellite quickens pulses at ESA

Speeding Rosetta orbiter baffles astro-boffins

13 Nov 15:32

Atlantis crew gears up for Monday launch

Poses for cheerful snap ahead of ISS jaunt

13 Nov 11:32

NASA preps Mars rover rescue plan

Earthly for trapped Spirit

13 Nov 06:02

Parking spot flies to International Space Station

Spacecraft docking day or night

12 Nov 19:20

Boffins find new way to spot stars which have planets

Lithium trick ideal for hunting alien civilisations

12 Nov 12:29

Butterflies In Spaaaace!

Gatorade-quaffing Painted Ladies to fly to ISS

11 Nov 15:50

Astronaut love-dustup mace space ace Nowak cops plea

Anger management classes for wiggy carpark catfight

11 Nov 12:29

NASA: the world will not end in 2012

Ancient Mayan secret, huh?

11 Nov 06:02

Catholic priests, scientists head to Rome to ponder alien life

Little green men OK - female priests not OK

10 Nov 13:48

NASA hands over $900K for Laser propulsion system

$1.1m still unclaimed

10 Nov 12:32

Animal lovers say no to radioactive NASA monkeys

Appeal irradiated monkeyshines

7 Nov 00:07

Messenger beams back colour snap of Mercury

NASA releases new data from third fly-by

4 Nov 10:19

Can Darwin help us find little green men?

Astrobiologist celebrates Origins bday

3 Nov 17:17

Esther '1st lady of internet' Dyson appointed NASA advisor

'I'm dying to get into space but can't afford it'

2 Nov 16:36

NASA to irradiate monkeys for science

Progress goes 'ook'

30 Oct 23:17

NASA chuffed with super-accurate new map of universe

Quasars. Is there anything they can't do?

30 Oct 16:06

Ares 1-X booster rocket dented in test flight

Mystery thump

30 Oct 06:02

Brit space agency to probe 'crackpot' antigravity device

Niobium superconductor flying cars proposed

29 Oct 13:58

Russia planning nuclear-powered manned spaceship

Reactor cruiser aimed at Moon, Mars missions

29 Oct 10:52

Ares I-X blasts off at second attempt

Weather finally shows some clemency

28 Oct 15:43

Ares I-X stuck on the pad

Florida weather halts trailblazing launch

27 Oct 15:33

El Reg receives message from planet 'Female Pigeon'

Peristera pecks back

27 Oct 10:32

Exoplanets dubbed 'Vulcan', 'Romulus' and 'Female Pigeon'

Wings slightly fall off cunning mythological plan

26 Oct 15:31

Ares I-X 'in great shape' to fly

Launch tomorrow, weather permitting

26 Oct 10:53

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