Space
Pluto: A whole new world in 5 strange photos
Floating mountains, ice volcanoes and a churning plain of nitrogen sludge – pin-sharp pictures beamed back from Pluto are changing how we think planets work
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Physics
Pluto may have hosted lakes and rivers of liquid nitrogen
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Earth
Pluto gives up its icy secrets as New Horizons data pours in
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Space
The Oort cloud surrounds our solar system – why can’t we see it?
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Space
Mercury once had a graphite crust floating on a sea of magma
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Space
ExoMars probe set to sniff out signs of life on the Red Planet
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Space
Galactic collisions doom entire star systems to black-hole death
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Environment
Exclusive photos: Clouds seen on Pluto for first time
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Space
Summer on Titan may make its lakes ripple with waves
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Space
Planet Nine hunters enlist big bang telescopes and Saturn probe
Astronomers are scrambling for unusual ways to find the proposed ninth planet hiding in the outer reaches of the solar system
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Physics
Space solar: The global race to tap the sun’s energy from orbit
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Space
Galactic GPS: How dead stars will guide us in deep space
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Physics
Ancient maps of Jupiter’s path show Babylonians’ advanced maths
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Earth
How Planet Nine may have been exiled to solar system’s edge
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