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Scientists use dead spider as gripper for robot arm, label it a 'Necrobot'
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Chinese booster rocket tumbles back to Earth: 'Non-zero' chance of hitting populated area
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NASA's Lunar Orbiter spots comfortably warm 'pits' all over the Moon
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Now 100,000kg smaller
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Russia's new space chief confirms it will leave ISS after 2024
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James Webb, Halley's Comet may be set for cosmic dust-up
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SpaceX crewed flight to ISS delayed by damaged rocket
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You're not wrong. The scope for quantum computers remains small
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ESA kicks ExoMars rover down the road, to 2026 at best
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