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A mountain range on Saturn’s moon Iapetus may be a former ring

Space

A mountain range on Saturn’s moon Iapetus may be a former ring

Falling space debris should make craters on rocky surfaces. But on Saturn’s moon Iapetus, it might have created a belt of mountains around the equator

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An MRI scan of a glioblastoma tumour

Health

Genetically engineered cells can seek and destroy brain cancer

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The moon may have formed in a vaporised, doughnut-shaped Earth

Space

The moon may have formed in a vaporised, doughnut-shaped Earth

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We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

Space

We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

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This record-breaking photo was taken from 6 billion km away

Space

This record-breaking photo was taken from 6 billion km away

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Long-lost relatives: An amazing poster of the sun’s family tree

Space

Long-lost relatives: An amazing poster of the sun’s family tree

Features

Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth

Physics

Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth

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Health

Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

Culture

Mars

Space

7 things we thought were made by aliens, but weren't... probably

Features

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

Health

Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

Despite treating 86 people since 2015, China's approach to CRISPR genome-editing in humans is basic and risky

Analysis

Space

Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

Comment

Health

Your body fat may be protecting you against infections

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Space

The universe may be full of ex-moons flung from their home worlds

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