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FG10H1 JUPITER: EUROPA, 1979. /nJupiter's moon, Europa. Photographed by Voyager 2, 1979.

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How excited should we be by signs of life spotted on alien worlds?

We keep spotting molecular “biosignatures” in the atmospheres of planets beyond Earth, but it isn't clear if any of them can provide definitive evidence that we’re not alone

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Hair seems to help shrimp move through water

Life

Hairy legs make you swim better – if you're a shrimp

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Ice might be ubiquitous, but we are still discovering things about it

Earth

Ice might be ubiquitous, but we are still discovering things about it

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Comets may bring ingredients for life most easily to clustered planets

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An illustration of the early surface of Earth with a volcano erupting in the background.

Life

How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all

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Environment

Extensive melting of West Antarctic ice sheet now looks unavoidable

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A male lion and a cub

Life

Do animals know that sex leads to babies?

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Commuter on a bike in floods

Environment

Sea level rise is already leading to longer commutes in coastal US

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Earth

Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms

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Steve Jones at the US Botanic Garden with a bloom (Devin Dotson/US Botanic Garden)

Life

The strange plant that just might be the worst smell on the planet

Corpse flowers rarely bloom but if one does when you’re nearby you’ll know about it. Though many botanical gardens have their own corpse flowers, the plant's mysteries still abound

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Space

How the JUICE mission will look for habitability on Jupiter's moons

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Life

The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near deep-sea vents

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Life

Photos capture mission to rescue seagrass meadows in the the Baltic

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Aliens on low-oxygen worlds may never discover fire

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