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5 September 2010 Last updated at 14:38 ET

Hubble re-shoots 1987 star blastSN 1987A (NASA, ESA, K. France)

The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.

Dummy in spacecraft (Copenhagen Suborbitals)Danish rocketeers postpone launch

A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy 30km into the sky abort the mission when a valve on their rocket freezes up.

From BBC Science & Environment

Features & Analysis

  • A chimpanzee (Image: BBC)Snares care

    How one project in Africa is helping to safeguard the lives of wild chimpanzees

  • HMS AstuteNow you see it...

    Inside the Royal Navy's powerful and stealthy attack submarine

  • Cars blanketed under thick snow in Washington DCLet it snow

    Rare weather events caused last winter's freak snow storms

  • Stephen HawkingHawking and God

    What's new about Hawking's idea God didn't create the universe?

  • Once bitten

    Why bed-bugs are on the march again

  • The swarm

    Studying locust swarms could prevent insect plagues

  • Darwin's secret

    Darwin's artificial rainforest in the South Atlantic

Elsewhere on the BBC

  • Waves pound the wall of coastal village Hora Skafion in southern CreteA world apart

    BBC Travel escapes Crete's tourist hordes and heads to the island's untouched south

Programmes

  • One Planet Listen

    Questioning peak oil, plus the world's top energy expert reveals his fears over our future

  • Digital Planet Listen

    A researcher builds a supercomputer out of PS3 Playstations to decipher Big Bang.

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