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NASA scout blasts off for Mars to search for lost air

Space

NASA scout blasts off for Mars to search for lost air

NASA's MAVEN orbiter will look for clues to how the planet's atmosphere has developed, and how density fluctuations might affect future crewed missions

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Mars probe to sniff atmosphere and scout safer landings

Space

Mars probe to sniff atmosphere and scout safer landings

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Meteor impact trapped ancient swamp plants in glass

Life

Meteor impact trapped ancient swamp plants in glass

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Astrophile: Dying asteroid is a six-tailed beast

Space

Astrophile: Dying asteroid is a six-tailed beast

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CSI Chelyabinsk: 10 insights from Russia's meteorite

Space

CSI Chelyabinsk: 10 insights from Russia's meteorite

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Space

Star quality

Regulars

Solar activity heads for lowest low in four centuries

Earth

Solar activity heads for lowest low in four centuries

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India blasts off for Mars: here's what it will do

Space

India blasts off for Mars: here's what it will do

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Earth

Mars on Earth? Ask The Catalogue of Planetary Analogues

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Astrophile: Soggy bogs swallow craters on Titan

Space

Astrophile: Soggy bogs swallow craters on Titan

A lack of impact craters in the lowlands of Saturn's largest moon hint at extensive wetlands fed by underground springs of liquid hydrocarbons

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Space

Earth's super-siblings grew up very differently

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Earth

For instant climate change, just add one large comet

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Space

'Black glass' could be first comet chunk found on Earth

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Space

Astrophile: Lost moon Naiad swims back into view

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