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We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

Space

We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

Earth microbes have shown they can withstand the environment on Enceladus. If alien life is similar, the methane we’ve found on Saturn’s moon could be from life

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This record-breaking photo was taken from 6 billion km away

Space

This record-breaking photo was taken from 6 billion km away

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Long-lost relatives: An amazing poster of the sun’s family tree

Space

Long-lost relatives: An amazing poster of the sun’s family tree

Features

Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth

Physics

Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth

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Health

Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

Culture

Mars

Space

7 things we thought were made by aliens, but weren't... probably

Features

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

Health

Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

Analysis

Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

Space

Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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Falcon Heavy rocket

Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

Comment

belly fat

Health

Your body fat may be protecting you against infections

Fat isn’t all bad – it stores powerful immune cells, and seems to boost their ability to defend the body from dangerous infections

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Space

The universe may be full of ex-moons flung from their home worlds

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Space

Earth was smashed by a rock the size of Mars to make the moon

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Space

Mars rocks may have drunk up all the water and doomed life there

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Space

2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries

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