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A composite view of Venus from data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter

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Life on Venus may have only been possible for its first billion years

Previous research suggested Venus may have been habitable for 2 to 3 billion years, but that didn’t take into account the lack of plate tectonics, which affects CO2 levels and narrows the window for life on Venus

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Fire and Ice review: A fascinating tour of weird space volcanoes

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Fire and Ice review: A fascinating tour of weird space volcanoes

Culture

Artist?s impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft at Mercury. The mission comprises ESA?s Mercury Planetary Orbiter (foreground) and JAXA?s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (background). The image of Mercury was taken by NASA?s Messenger spacecraft.

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The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to make its first Mercury fly-by

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View of planet Uranus from spac

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Mushballs inside Uranus and Neptune may solve an atmospheric mystery

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2A7HPG2 asteroid belt, debris in the solar system

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Astronomers have just found more than half a million new asteroids

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Is it time for the UK to vaccinate children against covid-19?

Health

Is it time for the UK to vaccinate children against covid-19?

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Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

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Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

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seahorse

Life

Male seahorses can get pregnant because they lack key immunity genes

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Solar sails could help spacecraft get up to speed

Space

Solar sail spacecraft could be used to intercept interstellar objects

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The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

Space

The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

NASA’s two planned missions to Venus are getting a companion – the European Space Agency has announced plans to send the EnVision orbiter to Venus around 2031

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Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

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Health

Amplifying our ancient immune system could help fight future pandemics

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Interstellar comet Borisov is the most pristine space object ever seen

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Space

Weird lava flows reveal the moon’s insides may be wetter than expected

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