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Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Space

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Two blobs detected in the distant, ancient universe may be the seeds of the supermassive black holes that now dominate every galaxy

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A diagram of Earth's magnetic field in colour

Earth

Cranky young sun could have kickstarted life on Earth

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An artist's impression of an asteroid in space

Space

Incoming asteroids could crumble harmlessly before they hit us

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Juno probe

Life

Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system

Features

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

Earth

Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Graph showing the gravitational wave signal from LIGO

Space

Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

Features

Colourful topographic map of Mercury

Space

First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

The team behind NASA's Messenger mission to Mercury has released the first global topographic map of the planet – just in time for its biggest show of the decade

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Space

How to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun today

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Earth

Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD

Features

Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system

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Space

Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

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