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The Palo Verde nuclear power plant near Phoenix, Arizona

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Liberals who want a Green New Deal must include nuclear power

The congresswoman who sponsored the US Green New Deal suggested the plan won’t include any new money for nuclear power – that’s a mistake, says David Titley

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Neptune’s smallest moon keeps getting smashed up and resurrected again

Space

Neptune’s smallest moon keeps getting smashed up and resurrected again

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Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon

Space

Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon

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The moon’s violent birth may have given Earth the ingredients of life

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The moon’s violent birth may have given Earth the ingredients of life

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Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

Space

Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

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Saturn

Space

Saturn’s rings formed in a smash-up less than 100 million years ago

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Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

Space

Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

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Ultima Thule

Space

Ultima Thule is a snowman-shaped rock covered in weird ice

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Crashing tidal waves may lurk beneath the surface of icy moons

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Crashing tidal waves may lurk beneath the surface of icy moons

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Massive space rock smash-up with Uranus recreated in a riot of colour

Space

Massive space rock smash-up with Uranus recreated in a riot of colour

Uranus was probably tilted on its side by a giant impact when it was young, and a detailed new simulation of this process is a riot of swirling colours

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NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

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Device that works like a lung makes clean fuel from water

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A new dwarf planet called Farout is the most distant we’ve ever seen

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First close-up look shows asteroid Bennu is a holey watery world

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