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Weather forecast for early Earth involved iron rain
Put iron under pressure and it vaporises – much more readily than previously thought. This means meteorite impacts on early Earth could have created iron rain
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Life
Giant robot eyes scan stars for dust
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The plan to find alien life in Europa’s icy seas
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Stellar intruder’s daring fly-by of the solar system
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Mystery cloud-like blobs over Mars baffle astronomers
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Physics
Orion has a giant dust hula hoop around its waist
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Physics
Interstellar’s true black hole too confusing
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Pluto’s evaporating ice leaves it with a blank face
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Dark force could keep Milky Way’s neighbours away
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Dead star leaves behind Jupiter’s Ghost
Not every star ends with a bang. A beautiful post-mortem portrait reveals a cloud of gas surrounding a jewel-like white dwarf
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Lava could have preserved the origins of life on the moon
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Fractals seen in throbs of pulsating golden stars
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Twinkle telescope to check out exoplanet climate
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Solo supernovae challenge cosmic distance standards
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