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Mercury

Space

Homebrew meteorites reveal origins of Mercury’s weird crust

Mixing up a fake powdered version of rare meteorites in the lab has shown how a freak surface feature arose from deep within the planet

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Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

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Hubble spots a new long-lived storm raging on Neptune

Space

Hubble spots a new long-lived storm raging on Neptune

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A detailed view of Pluto's surface taken by NASA's New Horizons craft

Space

Pluto must have liquid ocean or it'd look like an overripe peach

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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Space

I smelled comet 67P's deadly pong and lived to tell the tale

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Asteroids keep their rings safe from gas giants’ clutches

Space

Asteroids keep their rings safe from gas giants’ clutches

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The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

Space

The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

Space

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

Astronomers have discovered a massive planet on an orbit close enough to speed up the rotation of its star

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Space

How the sun abducted dwarf planets from an alien solar system

Features

Space

Your explosive guide to the end of the universe

Features

Space

Rare cosmic balancing act makes Perseid meteor showers brighter

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Space

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

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