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April 25, 2011
Scientists test new technology that may take us one step closer to a manned mission to Mars.
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April 17, 2011
When Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel in space on 12 April 1961, millions of people marvelled.
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April 13, 2011
Bluebells have bloomed two weeks earlier than normal because of the warm weather, but walkers have been asked to watch where they put their feet.
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April 04, 2011
Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut have begun a mission to the ISS aboard a Soyuz rocket that blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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March 10, 2011
Is the common urban pigeon to be loved or to be loathed? Are they our feathered friends or vile? A pigeon lover and a pest controller debate.
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March 09, 2011
US space shuttle lands in Florida for the last time after its final mission.
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March 09, 2011
It’s a momentous day for Nasa: the final landing of the space shuttle Discovery at The Kennedy Space Centre. Eileen Collins is a former Nasa astronaut and the first woman pilot of a shuttle.
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March 08, 2011
A nature reserve in California is using hungry goats in the battle against invasive species. Danielle Lefer, from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, explains the tactic.
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March 08, 2011
It is well known that chimpanzees and apes work together to survive, but a new study has found that elephants are good at teamwork too.
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March 07, 2011
The space shuttle Discovery has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) for its final journey back to Earth.
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March 06, 2011
Professor Brian Cox visits a giant solar calendar built in a desert in Peru in his quest to understand the nature of time in creating the universe.
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March 04, 2011
Nasa’s attempt to launch its latest Earth observation mission has ended in failure after the launch rocket failed to release its payload, the second time such a problem has occurred.
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March 04, 2011
The 700th edition of the Sky At Night airs on Sunday, being fronted as ever - with the exception of one programme in 2004 - by Sir Patrick Moore.
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March 04, 2011
A colony of bats who live in the centre of a US city have turned from villains to champions.
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March 03, 2011
A seal pup that was found the yard of a machinery hire company in January has been released back into the wild.
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March 03, 2011
Two American astronauts have completed the last shuttle "Discovery" spacewalk before the craft is retired from service.
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March 03, 2011
Thousands of previously classified documents reveal tales of one man being abducted by aliens, a Lancaster bomber was shadowed by a strange craft and an RAF officer had a close encounter while on ...
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March 02, 2011
The government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir John Beddington, has admitted he and his colleagues were unprepared for last year's volcanic ash cloud.
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February 27, 2011
Officials evacuated the area after weeks of torrential rains and flooding that has affected much of the country.
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February 26, 2011
The birth of two rare Asiatic lions has been caught on CCTV.
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