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</tr> <tr> <td class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="9" alt=""/></td> <td class="promocell" colspan="2"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="9" alt=""/></td> <td class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="9" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="56" alt=""/></td> <td class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="12" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td class="promocell" valign="top"> <ul class="promoarrow"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090224195622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7907570.stm">Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter'</a><br/></li> <li><a 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end main content--> <td width="10"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td width="271" valign="top"> <!--RHN top--> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="270"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="7" align="left"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/images/inspace.gif" width="270" height="22" alt="" border="0"/></td> </tr> <!-- start SOLAR SYSTEM --> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" colspan="5" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="268" height="14" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="10" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" class="contenttext" width="144"><ul class="topicarrow"> <li><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/"><b>Solar System</b></a><br/> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun/">Sun</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/earth/">Earth</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/mars/">Mars</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/earth/moon.shtml">Moon</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/asteroids/">Asteroids</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/comets/">Comets</a>, <span class="underline"> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/">more...</a></span><br/></li> </ul></td> <td valign="top" width="10" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td width="95" valign="top" class="promocell"><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/images/solarsystem.jpg" width="95" height="34" alt="The planets" border="0"/></a></td> <td valign="top" width="9" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="9" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <!-- start PLAY --> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" colspan="5" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="268" height="14" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="10" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" class="contenttext" width="144"><ul class="topicarrow"> <li><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/"><b>Play space</b></a><br/> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games.shtml">Games, Quizzes</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/spacemap/">Interactive space map,</a> <span class="underline"> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/">more...</a></span><br/></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="10" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td width="95" valign="top" class="promocell"><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/images/playspace.jpg" width="95" height="34" alt="Space invaders game" border="0"/></a></td> <td valign="top" width="9" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="9" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <!-- start LIFE --> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" colspan="5" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="268" height="14" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="10" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" class="contenttext" width="144"><ul class="topicarrow"> <li><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/life/"><b>Life?</b></a><br/> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/life/beginnings/">How life starts</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/life/looking/">Looking for life</a>, <span class="underline"> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/life/">more...</a></span><br/></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="10" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td width="95" valign="top" class="promocell"><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/life/"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/images/life.jpg" width="95" height="34" alt="Planet Mars" border="0"/></a></td> <td valign="top" width="9" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="9" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <!-- start EXPLORATION --> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" colspan="5" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="268" height="14" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="10" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" class="contenttext" width="144"><ul class="topicarrow"> <li><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/exploration/"><b>Exploration</b></a><br/> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/exploration/futurespaceflight/">Future spaceflight</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/exploration/missiontimeline/">Mission timeline</a>, <span class="underline"> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/exploration/">more...</a></span><br/></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="10" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td width="95" valign="top" class="promocell"><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/exploration/"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/images/exploration.jpg" width="95" height="34" alt="Astronaut" border="0"/></a></td> <td valign="top" width="9" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="9" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <!-- start DEEP SPACE --> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" colspan="5" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="268" height="14" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="10" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" class="contenttext" width="144"><ul class="topicarrow"> <li><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/deepspace/"><b>Deep space</b></a><br/> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/deepspace/blackholes/">Black holes</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/deepspace/galaxy/">Galaxy guide</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/deepspace/wormholes/">Wormholes</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/deepspace/darkmatter/">Dark matter</a>, <span class="underline"> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/deepspace/">more...</a></span><br/></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="10" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td width="95" valign="top" class="promocell"><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/deepspace/"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/images/deepspace.jpg" width="95" height="34" alt="Milky Way" border="0"/></a></td> <td valign="top" width="9" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="9" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <!-- start ORIGINS --> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" colspan="5" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="268" height="14" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="10" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" class="contenttext" width="144"><ul class="topicarrow"> <li><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/"><b>Origins</b></a><br/> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/bigbang/">Big Bang</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/echoes/">Echoes</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/inflation/">Inflation</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/antimatter/">Antimatter</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/theend/">The end</a>, <span class="underline"> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/">more...</a></span><br/></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="10" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td width="95" valign="top" class="promocell"><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/images/origins.jpg" width="95" height="34" alt="Explosion" border="0"/></a></td> <td valign="top" width="9" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="9" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <!-- start STARS --> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" colspan="5" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="268" height="14" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" height="100%" class="promoborders"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" width="10" height="100%" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top" class="contenttext" width="144"><ul class="topicarrow"> <li><a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/"><b>Stars</b></a><br/> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/birth/">Birth</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/death/">Death</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/startypes/">Types</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/stellarsoup/">Inside stars</a>, <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/twinkle/">Why stars twinkle</a>, <span class="underline"> <a href="/web/20090224195622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/">more...</a></span><br/></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="10" class="promocell"><img src="/web/20090224195622im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="50" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td 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