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View of planet Uranus from spac

Space

Mushballs inside Uranus and Neptune may solve an atmospheric mystery

Uranus and Neptune appear to have less ammonia than expected, but it might have been hidden by slushy balls of ammonia and water that hail down deep into the planets’ atmospheres

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan/AP/Shutterstock (10714089d) Cube of uranium is displayed, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, N.M. The

Physics

Investigation of Nazi uranium could help stop modern nuclear smuggling

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2A7HPG2 asteroid belt, debris in the solar system

Space

Astronomers have just found more than half a million new asteroids

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Solar panels in space

Space

Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, claims report

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Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

Space

Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

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Solar sails could help spacecraft get up to speed

Space

Solar sail spacecraft could be used to intercept interstellar objects

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ITER reactor

Physics

World's most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor

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How serious is the nuclear power plant radiation leak in China?

Technology

How serious is the nuclear power plant radiation leak in China?

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The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

Space

The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

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Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

Space

Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

Pockets of liquid water in the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa may last only tens of thousands of years, but they could still be potential habitats for life

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Environment

A solar geoengineering test has been delayed until 2022

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Space

Interstellar comet Borisov is the most pristine space object ever seen

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Space

Weird lava flows reveal the moon’s insides may be wetter than expected

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Environment

Is it time to try geoengineering to solve the climate crisis?

Analysis

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