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Coal fired power station silhouette at sunset, Pocerady, Czech republic

Environment

Coal power in Europe has had its biggest ever decline

Electricity generation from coal power stations across Europe fell by nearly a fifth in the first half of 2019, driven by high carbon prices and low gas prices

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Solar panels on a roof

Environment

The UK is now using AI to predict solar power and lower energy bills

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

Space

Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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solar panels in China

Environment

Cleaning up China's dirty air would give solar energy a huge boost

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trinity nuclear test explosion

Definition

The invention of the nuclear bomb

A total solar eclipse just passed over Chile and Argentina

Space

A total solar eclipse just passed over Chile and Argentina

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'Oumuamua

Space

Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

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Mercury

Space

How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

Features

Europa

Space

Europa’s salty surface may indicate an ocean that’s good for life

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Car being fuelled from a pump

Environment

Hydrogen has a dirty secret – let's not think it's always a green fuel

Produced the right way, hydrogen can be a cleaner, greener alternative to fossil fuels powering our transport and elsewhere. But too often that's not the case

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Space

The planets might control the sun's activity - and it's not astrology

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People in Science

Lise Meitner

Space

By Jupiter! How the solar system’s giant made Earth ripe for life

Features

Space

The young sun spun slowly, which could explain why we are here

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