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How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health

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How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health

The enigmatic Y chromosome has a tendency to disappear from cells with age. Now, research is revealing the long-term impacts this can have on disease risk and life expectancy

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KHKRFM Haumea and moons, illustration. Haumea is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. It is noted for its elongated shape, somewhat like a rugby ball. It is orbited by at least two moons and a narrow ring of rocky particles.

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How to spot Haumea, one of the solar system's strangest objects

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We're finally uncovering fibre's remarkable benefits for body and mind

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We're finally uncovering fibre's remarkable benefits for body and mind

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The Mysterious NWA 15915

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Weird meteorite may be relic of lost planet that no longer exists

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Mars appears light blue in this near-infrared image from the Hera spacecraft, with its moon Deimos represented by a dark mark towards the centre of the image

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Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos

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Saturn gains 128 moons, giving it more than the other planets combined

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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon

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How meteorites are rewriting the history of the solar system

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Mars and Phobos. Computer artwork of how Mars (left) and its tiny moon Phobos (upper centre) might appear from a distance of about 100 miles from the surface of Phobos. Phobos is the larger of Mars' two satellites (the other being Deimos), being about 16 miles long and about 11 miles across at its smallest dimension. It may be an asteroid long ago captured by Mars' gravity and does not have enough mass for gravity to pull it into a uniform sphere like the larger satellites and planets in the Solar System.

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Why we must investigate Phobos, the solar system's strangest object

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Most detailed survey of particles around the sun reveals new mysteries

More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun could be used to solve many mysteries, from the behaviour of individual particles to the history of our solar system – while raising new questions

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Scratching an itch could help boost your immune defences

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Environment

Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducing crop yields

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How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once

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Reliance on wind and solar does expose nations to energy price spikes

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