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Two planets orbiting a red-dwarf star (illustration)

Space

Up to 74% of planets in the ‘habitable zone’ may not be good for life

Many planets that have the right temperatures for liquid water on their surfaces used to be too hot or too cold, which may affect their ability to host life now

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Launching vehicle loaded with an ORCA type detection unit KM3NeT - LOM-on-anchor.jpg KM3NeT the next generation neutrino telescopes KM3NeT is a research infrastructure housing the next generation neutrino telescopes. Once completed, the telescopes will have detector volumes between megaton and several cubic kilometres of clear sea water. Located in the deepest seas of the Mediterranean, KM3NeT will open a new window on our Universe, but also contribute to the research of the properties of the elusive neutrino particles. With the ARCA telescope, KM3NeT scientists will search for neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources such as supernovae, gamma ray bursters or colliding stars. The ORCA telescope is the instrument for KM3NeT scientists studying neutrino properties exploiting neutrinos generated in the Earth's atmosphere. Arrays of thousands of optical sensors will detect the faint light in the deep sea from charged particles originating from collisions of the neutrinos and the Earth. The facility will also house instrumentation for Earth and Sea sciences for long-term and on-line monitoring of the deep sea environment and the sea bottom at depth of several kilometers.

Earth

Help in the hunt for neutrinos while exploring deep-sea ecosystems

Regulars

common starfish, common European seastar (Asterias rubens), at an underwater plant, view from above - Image ID: 2M0FA0C (RM)

Life

Marine heatwaves could wipe out all common sea stars by 2100

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Illustration of a group of ichthyosaurs

Life

Ichthyosaurs used a barren region of the ocean as an ancient nursery

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

Space

LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational waves

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Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

Life

Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

Regulars

The Murchison meteorite

Chemistry

Building blocks for life may be able to form in radioactive meteorites

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Pair of vaquita sighted during 2008 survey in Gulf of California

Life

Mexico’s latest plan to save endangered vaquitas could backfire

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jellyfish-like siphonophores

Video

Siphonophores' propulsion system is built for speed and efficiency

Video

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Humans

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

An exploration of the deep feeling under the surface of consumerist lives, this film follows Unoaku, who never leaves her flat, as she begins to notice oddities in her slick world, finds Simon Ings

Culture

Space

Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280 million years

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Space

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Features

Environment

The surprising role death plays in the stability of ecosystems

Features

Environment

Second world war shipwreck is leaking toxic chemicals in the North Sea

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