Mission overshoots Venus orbit
Astronomers will now have to wait over six years before craft returns
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A glimpse of the future
Cormac O'Raifeartaigh reviews a new book considering the future of everything
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Galaxies pin down dark energy
Observations support idea that vacuum is pulling universe apart
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Europe extends key space missions
Seven ESA probes will now operate until at least 2014
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Penrose claims to have glimpsed universe before Big Bang
University of Oxford theorist points to evidence in cosmic microwave background
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Space probe brings asteroid dust back to Earth
Japan's Hayabusa mission collects 1500 grains from asteroid Itokawa
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Hubble successor hit by budget setback
James Webb Space Telescope will cost $1.5bn more and be delayed by 14 months
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Obama’s dream of Mars at risk from radiation
A peak in solar activity could coincide with planned missions
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Do giant spiral galaxies thwart clusters of young stars?
Simple physics could explain long-standing paradox
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Earth-sized planets may be more common than we thought
Nearly one in four Sun-like stars may have planets the size of Earth
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