Physics
There’s a lightning strike hike in strong solar wind
Waves of charged particles from the sun may boost the rate of lightning strikes on Earth, which could give us a way to predict dangerous storms
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Space
Art takes a shot at the moon
Culture
Space
Pluto may be wearing a dark belt of moon dust
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Space
Sun’s fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth
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Space
Epic Mars flooding triggered by collapsed crater lake
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Space
Sun ‘smoke rings’ give clue to solar wind mystery
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Space
The LADEE killers: NASA has crashed probe into moon
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Space
NASA ‘flying saucer’ for Mars to land in Hawaii
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Space
Squirting moons face off in race to find alien life
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Space
Volcanic blasts hint that Mercury is a migrant planet
Explosions seem to have rocked the planet Mercury for most of its existence – and that shouldn't be possible if it formed close to the sun
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Life
Buried ‘Lake Superior’ seen on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
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Space
Gaggle of dwarf planets found by dark energy camera
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Space
Sun traces giant figures-of-eight in the sky
Regulars
Space
Where am I? Voyager on the solar system’s frontier
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