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An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

Space

An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

An unusually round and symmetrical deposit on Mars may be the result of an impact that popped the surface of the planet, causing a volcanic eruption less than 200,000 years ago

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Venus

Space

Venus may have an underground magma ocean spanning the whole planet

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Computer illustration of plasma cells (B-cells) secreting antibodies against viruses

Definition

Antibodies

Eating too much salt seems to impair body's ability to fight bacteria

Health

Eating too much salt seems to impair body's ability to fight bacteria

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How to fight infection by turning back your immune system's clock

Humans

How to fight infection by turning back your immune system's clock

Features

Asteroid

Space

Tiny meteorite found in Antarctica came from an unknown asteroid

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Cytokines

Definition

Cytokine storm

Hayabusa-2 asteroid Ryugu

Space

Bombing asteroid Ryugu reveals it is a spritely 9 million years old

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Comet 67P is hiding nitrogen that could solve a solar system mystery

Space

Comet 67P is hiding nitrogen that could solve a solar system mystery

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NASA missions may go to Venus or our solar system’s strangest moons

Space

NASA missions may go to Venus or our solar system’s strangest moons

NASA has selected four potential future missions – to Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, Neptune’s icy moon Triton, and two that would explore the atmosphere and map the surface of Venus

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Space

Mars may have formed 15 million years later than we thought

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Health

Overactive immune cells in babies may lead to childhood asthma

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Space

The best picture ever taken of the sun reveals its bizarre surface

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Space

Solar Orbiter will give us our best views of the sun’s top and bottom

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