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An artist's impression of an asteroid in space

Space

Incoming asteroids could crumble harmlessly before they hit us

Stand down, Bruce Willis. Space rocks are much more brittle than Earth rocks, suggesting that asteroids on a collision course are more likely to burn up as fireballs in the sky

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Juno probe

Life

Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system

Features

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

Earth

Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Graph showing the gravitational wave signal from LIGO

Space

Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

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Colourful topographic map of Mercury

Space

First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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Mercury crossing the sun

Space

How to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun today

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blood test

Health

Having an overactive immune system may prime you for depression

Blood tests could help doctors identify people who are at risk of severe depressive episodes, and enable them to tailor more effective treatments

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Earth

Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD

Features

Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system

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Space

Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

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Space

Cassini gears up for final fiery plunge into Saturn's atmosphere

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