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Radar spikes

Space

Spiky space antenna will probe the frigid exteriors of Jupiter's moons

The Radar for Icy Moons Exploration instrument will start studying three of Jupiter's moons in 2029 as part of a European Space Agency mission

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flower hat jellyfish

Life

Flower hat jelly has colour-tipped tentacles for paralysing small fish

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Greenland

Environment

Amazing Arctic images show how ice melt is creating the new north

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crocodilians

Life

Croc dad goes for a swim with 150 floating babies

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Apollo 1 crew in swimming pool

Space

NASA's photo archives reveal 60 years of space travel

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A black panther

Life

Wild black leopard photographed in Africa for first time in 100 years

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tiger and sloth

Life

Mother sloth bear carrying babies takes on a big male tiger and wins

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Life

Monarch butterflies' beautiful wing scales enable their epic migration

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jerboa

Life

Long-eared jerboas have some of the most outsized ears on the planet

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Artificial sun made with movie magic could create clean hydrogen

Technology

Artificial sun made with movie magic could create clean hydrogen

An array of 149 lamps used in cinema projectors can unleash a 'sunbeam' capable of raising temperatures to 3000°C – it will be used to test solar-powered production of fuel

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Health

The ultimate kitchen: the Danish food lab designing our future meals

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Earth

How the stunning Earthrise became the world’s most famous photograph

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Earth

Dan Holdsworth captures a vanishing landscape in a point-cloud

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Life

3000-year-old woman's mummy found in tomb from the time of Tutankhamun

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