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Mercury probe

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2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries

In October, a probe called BepiColombo will begin a seven-year voyage to Mercury with the aim of answering questions raised by previous visits to the scorched world

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An underweight newborn baby

Health

The body’s killer immune cells also feed fetuses in the womb

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Planet X artwork

Space

Planet X: We are closing in on the solar system's new occupant

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That interstellar asteroid could be a shard of a shredded planet

Space

That interstellar asteroid could be a shard of a shredded planet

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art work of Neptune and Triton

Space

Neptune’s other moons were normal until Triton crashed the party

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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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We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P

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We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P

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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate

Space

Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate

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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system

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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

A rebel monk's challenge to the Catholic church's teaching 500 years ago fired Europe with radical thinking. Did it spark the scientific revolution?

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Space

A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright

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Space

Hiding in plain sight: The mystery of the sun's missing matter

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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

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