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screen grab of TV report on Fukushima disaster

Health

Fukushima accident gave everyone an X-ray’s worth of radiation

After the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan was hit by a tsunami in 2011, everyone was exposed to extra radiation, but for most people the dose was small

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Saturn

Space

Watch Cassini's first two dives between Saturn and its rings

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

Space

Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

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First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

Space

First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

Space

Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

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Mars and asteroids

Space

Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago

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Europa

Space

Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice

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Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

Space

Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

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meteorite artwork

Earth

Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system's history

Features

A large piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite extracted from a lake with ropes

Space

Earth’s greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history

From the mysterious Tunguska event to the fossilised Morokweng space rock, when whopper meteorites come along they make a big impact

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Space

Saturn's flying saucer moon Atlas has a smooth fluffy edge

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Space

Mars's atmosphere hosts metal layers that shouldn't exist

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Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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Space

NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts

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