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cross-section through Europa

Space

Europa may have less oxygen to fuel life in its seas than we thought

The ocean on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is one of the best places we have found to search for alien life, but it might have less oxygen than researchers had thought

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How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins

Space

How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins

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Space

Why space dust is key to everything from star birth to life on Earth

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Space

Habitable ocean world K2-18b may actually be inhospitable gas planet

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Environment

Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground

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Roman Space Telescope

Space

Why we're finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets

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Life

Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?

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Chemistry

Crucial chemical for life can form in conditions found on early Earth

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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Pitcairn Islands

Environment

What a trip to far-flung islands taught me about protecting our oceans

I travelled for days to remote Pitcairn in the Pacific, a shining example of ocean conservation. But so much more needs to be done to safeguard our seas, says Graham Lawton

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Environment

Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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Life

Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve

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Life

Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

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Space

What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for alien life

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