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The dark side of the moon

Space

Tiny lightning bolt explosions can vaporise the moon’s thin soil

If electrical charges build up in cold lunar dust, they might cause tiny explosions, melting and vaporising soil and altering the face of the moon

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Artist's impression of probe approaching asteroid

Space

NASA probe about to leave for asteroid Bennu and bring bits home

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Jupiter

Space

NASA’s Juno probe snaps first images of Jupiter’s north pole

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Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely

Life

Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely

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planet heading for a yellow sun

Space

Gang of gas giants may have tilted distant planet system

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Sperm

Health

Semen reshapes immune system to boost chances of pregnancy

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Roy Lichtenstein – Eclipse of the sun (1975)

Space

Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science

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stereo B

Space

NASA gets in touch with spacecraft two years after it vanished

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Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt

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Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt

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Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained

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Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained

A new-found object orbiting at extreme angles to the planets hints at new puzzle in the outer solar system - in addition to Planet Nine

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Technology

Green Olympic pool: perfect storm of sun, heat and still water?

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Life

Ocean worlds: Searching for life in the solar system's seas

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Space

Venus could have been habitable while life evolved on Earth

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Space

Fleet of robots could hunt for life on icy moon Enceladus

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