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cross-section through Europa

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Europa may have less oxygen to fuel life in its seas than we thought

The ocean on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is one of the best places we have found to search for alien life, but it might have less oxygen than researchers had thought

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How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins

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How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins

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Life

Orca seen hunting great white shark in first recorded solo kill

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Space

Why space dust is key to everything from star birth to life on Earth

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Adult female Calanus with food in the gut

Environment

Sinking plankton poo could help store more carbon in the ocean

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Space

Habitable ocean world K2-18b may actually be inhospitable gas planet

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Life

Strange animals called pyrosomes are thriving as the Pacific heats up

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Life

Thousands of humpback whales starved to death after marine heatwave

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Roman Space Telescope

Space

Why we're finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

In this tantalising extract from Martin MacInnes’s new science fiction novel, the latest pick for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club, his protagonist Leigh has an epiphany while underwater

Culture

Life

Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?

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Chemistry

Crucial chemical for life can form in conditions found on early Earth

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Life

Underwater photo competition showcases stunning images of marine life

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Space

Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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