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Salty skies signal planetary growing pains

Space

Salty skies signal planetary growing pains

Thick, steamy atmospheres full of mineral vapours would reveal young planets that have just suffered huge collisions like the ones that helped make Earth

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Astrophile: Wrinkles reveal Mercury's rapid slimming

Space

Astrophile: Wrinkles reveal Mercury's rapid slimming

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First alien rainbow image holds clues to Venus mystery

Space

First alien rainbow image holds clues to Venus mystery

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Most Mars meteorites may be from same giant crater

Space

Most Mars meteorites may be from same giant crater

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Earth raises a plasma shield to battle solar storms

Space

Earth raises a plasma shield to battle solar storms

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Life

Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? Maybe…

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Moon's radio glow could keep Muslim calendars in sync

Space

Moon's radio glow could keep Muslim calendars in sync

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Space

Hundreds of mini solar systems found in the Milky Way

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Interplanetary comms get easier with a nanotech boost

Space

Interplanetary comms get easier with a nanotech boost

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Incoming 'Moby Dick' asteroid goes missing near Earth

Space

Incoming 'Moby Dick' asteroid goes missing near Earth

A 270-metre space rock, nicknamed Moby Dick, was due to swing past our planet this week but failed to show up, sparking a global hunt

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Space

Earth is prepared enough for the next asteroid strike

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Life

Seeds of life can sprout in moon's icy pockets

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Space

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Space

Did newborn sun have weirdly weak solar wind?

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