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Otherworldly 'earth pyramids' make the Alps look alien

You don't need a space ship to see alien landscapes up close. Just take a hike to these Piramidi di terra in the South Tyrol of northern Italy

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Mars

Space

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

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Starry Night painting

Technology

New blues: The quest to make the world’s rarest colour

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Danakil depression

Earth

Scorching hot springs house extreme life and a future ocean

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Dan McKenzie

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Dan McKenzie: The man who made Earth move

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts

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The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts

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eruption

Earth

Cataclysms: A life spent chasing planetary catastrophe

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The dwarf planet Eris

Space

Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright

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The next supercontinent: Four ways Earth could reshape itself

Plate tectonics is a slow-grind drama with some dramatic plot twists – these scenarios show how Earth might look in 250 million AD

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Earth

Mexico City quake: A few seconds' warning can still save lives

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Earth

Huge space rocks could have helped start Earth’s plate tectonics

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Earth

There is no way to spot big earthquakes ahead of time

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Earth

Could we store carbon dioxide as liquid lakes under the sea?

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