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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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Moon, Venus and Jupiter near Earth

Space

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

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Lise Meitner

People in Science

Lise Meitner

Jupiter's swirling cloud formations

Space

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

Features

The sun

Space

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

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Pluto

Space

Pluto has an underground ocean kept warm by a layer of gassy ice

News

Earth's moon

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Earth's moon

A sponge

Physics

Artificial sponges could pull uranium from seawater for nuclear power

News

Seven charts that explain what net zero emissions means for the UK

Environment

Seven charts that explain what net zero emissions means for the UK

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Asteroid Itokawa

Space

Surprisingly wet asteroid dust could spark a rethink of Earth's water

Samples of space dust from the Hayabusa mission to the asteroid Itokawa are far less dry than we expected, which may prompt a rethink of how Earth got its water

News

Space

Titan has a belt of ice 6300 kilometres long that shouldn't be there

News

Space

There is water just under the surface of the moon that we could use

News

Space

A mission to Alpha Centauri affirms humanity's faith in the future

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Space

Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Features