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Twinkle telescope to check out exoplanet climate

If all goes to plan, the UK will launch a telescope to find out more about known exoplanets' atmospheres in four years

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Brave new world-hunters spot exoplanets on the cheap

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Brave new world-hunters spot exoplanets on the cheap

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The search for ET: how close are we?

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The search for ET: how close are we?

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Curiosity rover detects Martian methane burps

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Curiosity rover detects Martian methane burps

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Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?

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Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?

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How to think about… Alien contact

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How to think about… Alien contact

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Young, hotheaded stars could host habitable worlds

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Alien life arrested by climate catch-22

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Saturn's calming nature keeps Earth friendly to life

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Saturn's calming nature keeps Earth friendly to life

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Habitable exomoons born in cosmic collisions

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Habitable exomoons born in cosmic collisions

Simulations suggest that moons that can hang on to an atmosphere only form in certain types of cosmic collisions

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Problems hit Philae after historic first comet landing

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Up to half of Earth's water is older than the sun

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Curiosity reaching science peak after years of driving

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Spot ET's waste heat for chance to find alien life

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