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Large asteroid impacts may be rare, but we should be prepared

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Large asteroid impacts may be rare, but we should be prepared

It would be wise to heed calls to build a dedicated rocket primed to defend Earth against a large incoming asteroid or comet, says Geraint Lewis

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Milky way from Mauna Kea

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Here's how Trump's presidency could be good news for science

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James Webb Space Telescope

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Space telescope duo will showcase the solar system in 3D

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Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars's lost lander

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Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars's lost lander

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New NASA budget could put asteroid-grabbing mission in jeopardy

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New NASA budget could put asteroid-grabbing mission in jeopardy

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Map showing high temperatures

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Scorchio! Earth's surface is the hottest it has been in history

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The WFIRST telescope

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NASA urged to rejoin the hunt for gravitational waves

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rocket factory

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Inside NASA's towering rocket factory before deep space mission

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NASA’s Juno probe enters near-perfect orbit around Jupiter

NASA’s Juno probe enters near-perfect orbit around Jupiter

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Rocket booster fires at bottom of valley

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Up close with the awesome power of NASA's biggest ever rocket

NASA's new rocket booster has just passed its final ground test before its maiden flight. But will it ever make it into deep space, asks Mika McKinnon

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NASA approves five more years for Hubble Space Telescope

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Space station turf war is coming – who will own low Earth orbit?

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$19 billion NASA budget for 2017 still not enough to get to Mars

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NASA CubeSat missions will pave way for human space flight

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