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Spacecraft could use sat-nav for directions to the moon

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Spacecraft could use sat-nav for directions to the moon

Fly me to the moon, sat-nav. Repurposing GPS satellites to direct lunar-bound spacecraft could make getting there cheaper and also improve navigation on Earth

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Hawaii astronomy meeting glosses over telescope controversy

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Watch the far side of the moon pass in front of Earth

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Watch the far side of the moon pass in front of Earth

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Vibrating stars could reveal elusive ripples in space-time

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Pluto looms large, a day before New Horizons's closest approach

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Pluto looms large, a day before New Horizons's closest approach

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Hoped-for dark matter flash might instead be the corpses of stars

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Hoped-for dark matter flash might instead be the corpses of stars

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Misbehaving pulsar's sudden slow-down may teach us how they tick

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Misbehaving pulsar's sudden slow-down may teach us how they tick

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Galaxy's supermassive black hole is a cool neighbourhood for ice

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Galaxy's supermassive black hole is a cool neighbourhood for ice

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Rainbow X-ray echoes pinpoint faraway neutron star

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Rainbow X-ray echoes pinpoint faraway neutron star

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Construction resumes on Hawaii's Thirty Meter Telescope

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Construction resumes on Hawaii's Thirty Meter Telescope

After a two-month pause and potential game over, construction on the biggest telescope on Mauna Kea will resume – but protests continue

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Don't fear apocalyptic asteroids: you're safer than you think

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Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet

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Supernova prized by astronomers begins to fade from view

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Sunlight could whip up water to slake lunar settlers' thirst

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