Physics
Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe
Two blobs detected in the distant, ancient universe may be the seeds of the supermassive black holes that now dominate every galaxy
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Earth
Cranky young sun could have kickstarted life on Earth
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Space
Incoming asteroids could crumble harmlessly before they hit us
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Life
Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system
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Space
Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun
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Space
Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system
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Physics
Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets
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Earth
Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars
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Physics
Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade
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Space
First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail
The team behind NASA's Messenger mission to Mercury has released the first global topographic map of the planet – just in time for its biggest show of the decade
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Space
How to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun today
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Earth
Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD
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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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