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Kirobo the talking Japanese robot lifts off into space
Sunday 04 August 2013
The small robot is designed to provide companionship for a Japanese astronaut at the International Space Station
Astronaut Karen Nyberg follows in the footsteps of Chris Hadfield with Twitter pictures from space
Thursday 01 August 2013
Although Canadian 'starman' Chris Hadfield is back on Earth, another astronaut is keeping the world's gaze firmly on the sky.
Eve Online's biggest ever battle was the game's 'Battle of the Alamo'
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Over 4,000 pilots were involved a one-tenth speed space battle for precious - virtual - resources
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Monday 29 July 2013
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Neil Gaiman says he will do 'weird things' for The Sandman: Overture
Friday 26 July 2013
Neil Gaiman says his return to Vertigo Comics' realm of the Endless is no mere continuation of the series that spawned a creative revolution altering the medium.
Tablet-controlled with ambient lighting: Inside Boeing's next-gen spaceship
Wednesday 24 July 2013
New CST-100 will shuttle NASA astronauts up to the ISS
Self-replicating alien space probes could already be in our solar system, say mathematicians
Thursday 18 July 2013
Mathematicians analysed the possibility that probes could travel through space in a study published in the Journal of Astrobiology
Gas cloud 'stretched like spaghetti' by supermassive black hole
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Through studying the cloud's death throes, scientists hope to learn more about the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
From Swindon to the Solar System: UK Space Agency aims to capture 10 per cent of the industry
Wednesday 17 July 2013
It’s easy to laugh, but Britain is making steady progress in the space race. And with £40bn up for grabs, we should take it seriously
Update: NASA aborts live-streamed space walk after helmet leak
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano will be carrying out routine maintenance on the ISS
Government to spend £60m on revolutionary Sabre rocket engine that will be used on spaceplane Skylon
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Skylon will be capable of reaching Earth's stratosphere in just 15 minutes
Video: Chinese astronaut shares her top moments of time in space
Friday 12 July 2013
A Chinese astronaut who taught schoolchildren about the wonders of science from space, jokes that one of the highlights of her cosmic trip was chasing pieces of chocolates around in zero gravity.
Nasa successfully tests first ever 3D-printed rocket component
Friday 12 July 2013
Additive printing could lead to cheaper and quicker production of rockets
The other blue planet: HD 189733b's stunning azure hue revealed by Hubble telescope for first time
Thursday 11 July 2013
Deep cobalt colouring comes from drops of liquid gas raining horizontally in 7,000 km/h winds
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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