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Intrusion of warmer Atlantic waters is causing ‘Atlantification’ of Arctic Ocean
Undeniable trend of declining ice in fragile polar region
Boy corrects Nasa’s asteroid figures
A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected Nasa’s estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with the Earth, a German newspaper reported on Tuesday, after spotting the…
Endeavour returns after record-setting mission
Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are home after carrying Japan’s maiden space laboratory and a Canadian repair robot to the International Space Station (ISS) on a…
Situations vacant: applicants should be fit, fearless
Wanted for unique opportunity: brilliant, physically fit people. Must be cool under pressure, willing to work away from home and have a good head for heights. Free uniform…
Space shuttle Endeavour launches with Japanese lab
The United States space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from a seaside Florida launch pad on Tuesday to deliver part of a long-awaited Japanese space laboratory to the…
The new-generation space station
Some time before 2050, satellites collecting solar power and beaming it back to Earth will become a primary energy source, streaming terawatts of electricity continuously from…
The new-generation space station
Some time before 2050, satellites collecting solar power and beaming it back to Earth will become a primary energy source, streaming terawatts of electricity continuously from…
Sensor glitch delays space shuttle launch
Nasa postponed the launch, scheduled for Thursday, of the United States space shuttle Atlantis after discovering a problem with a sensor in the spacecraft’s fuel tank, officials…
Astronauts forge ahead with big job in space
Astronauts plowed ahead on Monday with the mammoth job of moving a 17,5-ton solar-array truss on the International Space Station, a task made even more crucial following the…
Space shuttle Discovery blasts off in US
The United States space shuttle Discovery blasted off on a pillar of fire on Tuesday, soaring above Florida marshlands toward a rendezvous in two days with the International…