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15-Dec-10

Voyager near Solar System's edge

Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, has reached a new milestone in its quest to leave the Solar System.

Category: Space

26-Nov-10

Oxygen found on Saturn's moon Rhea

Nasa's Cassini probe has scooped oxygen from the thin atmosphere of Rhea – the first time the gas has been detected directly on another world

Category: Space

23-Nov-10

'Eavesdropper' satellite rides huge rocket from Florida

The US National Reconnaissance Office has launched what is reputed to be the largest satellite ever sent into space.

Category: Communications, Space

4-Nov-10

Probe sweeps past 'space peanut'

"Nasa's Deep Impact probe has flown by Comet Hartley 2. The first pictures revealed a roughly 1.5km-long, peanut-shaped object with jets of gas streaming from its surface."

Category: Space

30-Sep-10

A distant Earth-like exoplanet 'could have life'

"Astronomers have detected an Earth-like exoplanet that may have just the right kind of conditions to support life."

Category: Space

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