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DARPA orders spaceplane capable of 10 launches in 10 days

Boeing to build 'Phantom Express' on heir to Space Shuttle's main engine
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25 May 07:00

Orbital boffins cut four years off NASA mission to shiniest object in the Solar System

16 Psyche mission takes a great leap forward
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25 May 06:00

Schiaparelli probe crash caused by excessive spin, report concludes

Lander exercise was 'very close' to a success
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24 May 20:49

Britain's on the brink of a small-scale nuclear reactor revolution

Sure, there are hurdles, but no £18bn hole on the other side like Hinkley Point
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24 May 09:02

Particle boffins calculate new constraints for probability of finding dark matter

Axions still a no-show over at CERN Axion Telescope
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23 May 23:13

Mouse sperm kept frozen in SPAAAAACE yields healthy pups

Astronaut reproduction could be possible one day, boffins reckon
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23 May 06:30

'Tabby's Star' intrigues astro-boffins with brief 'dimming event'

Is it comets? Or aliens? Astronomers want your help to figure out this cosmic riddle
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23 May 02:15

Gravitational waves permanently change spacetime, say astroboffins

'Orphan memory' could unlock more secrets hidden in our universe
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22 May 19:59

NASA duo plan Tuesday ISS spacewalk to replace the mux that sux

All hail Peggy Whitson, hands-on sysadmin – IN SPAAACE
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22 May 06:02

And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin hologram ... Sir, it is only wafer thin

'World’s thinnest hologram' touted by boffins
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19 May 06:27

Nukes tests caused space weather, say NASA boffins

Artificial Van Allen belts, auroras, geomagnetic storms, just another day in the Cold War
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18 May 06:28

Vigorous tiny vibrations help our universe swell, say particle boffins

Quantum fluctuations may be key to explaining why we're all drifting apart
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16 May 06:10
SLS cryo propulsion system in Marshall test stand

NASA nixes Trump's moonshot plan

First flight of Orion capsule atop Space Launch System slips from 2018 to 2019
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15 May 07:03
Toilet with smiling loo paper

Japanese researchers spin up toilet paper gyroscopes for science

The way you spin the loo paper roll exposes your business
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15 May 02:12

Warm, wet, mysterious... sound familiar? Ah, yes, you've heard of this second Neptune, too

Boffins share findings of strange alien world 440 light years away
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13 May 07:34

CERN ready to test an EVEN BIGGER gun

Linac 4 will pump more energy into LHC's proton smasher
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10 May 05:05

Comet 67P's oxygen could be a breath of fresh air

Maybe the comet's surprise molecules aren't billions of years old after all
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09 May 07:33

America's mystery X-37B space drone lands after two years in orbit

PicMysterious craft likely to be surveillance testbed
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08 May 17:20

Curiosity Rover's drill is ill. But chill: we can dig Martian sand instead of rocking hard

Take than, cowardly LGMs! We have a few grams of your grains
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05 May 04:00

RF pulses from dust collisions could be killing satellites

Tiny impacts don't smash sats, but the energy they produce might break electronics
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04 May 05:05

Boffins gently wake the Large Hadron Collider from annual hibernation

Winter upgrade boosted 'inverse femtobarns' for more accurate stuff-spotting
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02 May 06:31

Shock horror: US military sticks jump leads on human brains to teach them a lesson

DARPA's current thinking for potential future bright sparks
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28 Apr 05:28

NASA's Cassini snaps pic inside Saturn's ring – peace among the stars

PhotoProbe plunges deep into dark cosmic hole
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27 Apr 19:33

Ewe, get a womb! Docs grow baby lambs in shrink-wrap plastic bags

VideoUnbeli-baaaaaaa-ble
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26 Apr 05:02

Colliders, containers, dark matter: The CERN atom smasher's careful cloud revolution

No downtime till 2018
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25 Apr 08:36

New MH370 analysis again says we looked in the wrong places

Drift tests on actual 777 part show plane probably hit ocean north of search area
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21 Apr 04:20

China successfully launches its first robot space truck

Tianzhou-1 will now refuel the Tiangong-2 orbital lab as China prepares a proper space station
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21 Apr 01:20

Opportunity rover gets bored of spot it's explored since 2014

NASA moving to 'Perseverance Valley' where we can see Martian erosion in action
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20 Apr 05:29

PACK YOUR BAGS! Boffins spot Earth-size planet most likeliest yet to harbor alien life

Water, check. Low radiation, check. Possible to get to... oh wait, darn
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19 Apr 17:01
Boeing's concept illustration of a Deep Space Transport at Mars

New satellites could cause catastrophic space junk collisions

Brit scientist warns of increased hazards from new constellations
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18 Apr 13:05

Feel guilty for scoffing Easter chocolate? Good news: Scientists have made NEGATIVE mass

Vanish that flab using lasers to warp laws of physics
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18 Apr 08:02

NASA agent faces heat for 'degrading' moon rock sting during which grandmother wet herself

Retiree grilled after trying to flog heirlooms to foot medical bills
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18 Apr 02:09

Astro-boffinry breakthrough: Loads of ingredients for life found on Saturn's Enceladus

PicsAnd Jupiter's Europa is looking sweet, too
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13 Apr 23:08

Far out: Dark matter bridges millions of light-years long spotted between galaxies

PicThreads of elusive particles form cosmic cobwebs

Blighty's £1.2bn space industry could lend itself to tourism – report

That'll be Beardy Branson's mob, then
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12 Apr 07:04
boffin

How's that for a remote login? NASA puts New Horizons probe to sleep 3.5 billion miles away

PicNap time for spacecraft as it heads out to ice-rock belt
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11 Apr 21:06

Dieting cannibals: At last, a scientist has calculated calories for human body parts

All in the name of archeology, he says
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07 Apr 05:03
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