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Europa's icy plate tectonics may support life

Space

Europa's icy plate tectonics may support life

Jupiter's moon Europa may be the first world other than Earth to sport plate tectonics, only above its ocean instead of below

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Voyager 2's view of solar system's edge will be unique

Space

Voyager 2's view of solar system's edge will be unique

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Earliest stars lived short, fiery lives

Physics

Earliest stars lived short, fiery lives

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Perfect harmonies: How music was built into science

Physics

Perfect harmonies: How music was built into science

CultureLab

Small, sticky asteroids could be extra dangerous

Space

Small, sticky asteroids could be extra dangerous

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Saturn moon may host its own Dead Sea

Space

Saturn moon may host its own Dead Sea

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Comet-mapping Rosetta spacecraft prepares for duty

Space

Comet-mapping Rosetta spacecraft prepares for duty

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Leaving Earth made the moon lemon-shaped

Space

Leaving Earth made the moon lemon-shaped

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Space

Ancient Earth fossils could be found on the moon

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Strange dark stuff is making the universe too bright

Space

Strange dark stuff is making the universe too bright

Sky surveys suggest that dark matter or some other mysterious dark material may be lighting up the universe with too much ultraviolet radiation

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Space

Epic map reveals Mars's geography in unrivalled detail

Regulars

Space

Disco-era spacecraft not dead, just out of gas

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Space

Exoplanet names will be put to public vote

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Life

Frozen Icelandic cave illuminated by Northern Lights

Regulars

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