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Hottest place

Earth

The hottest place ever recorded on Earth's surface was 2370°C

When a rock from space crashed to ground 38 million years ago, it briefly heated the impact zone to 2370°C, the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth’s crust

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<i>The Farthest</i>: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

Space

The Farthest: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

Culture

Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

Space

Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

Features

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

Space

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

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artist's impression of planet nine

Space

Our sun probably didn’t steal Planet Nine from outer space

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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

Space

Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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Royal Maritime Museum

Space

Bringing the Royal Observatory at Greenwich back to life

Regulars

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

Space

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

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Underwater sand dunes

Earth

Earth's underwater dunes help explain Venus's weird surface

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surface of Mars

Life

The ethics issue: Should we colonise other planets?

As ever more potentially habitable exoplanets are discovered, it's time we asked ourselves: do we have the right to take over another world?

Features

Space

Our young moon’s supersonic winds made waves in its magma ocean

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Space

Weird orbits hint 'Planet Ten' might lurk at solar system edge

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Space

Mistaken brown dwarf is actually two planets orbiting each other

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Space

How Jupiter split the asteroid belt in two shows its great age

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