Earth
First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off
The US's latest weather satellite, due to launch 19 November, will be the first to watch lightning continuously, as well as monitor the sun and space weather
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Space
Monday’s bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years
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Life
I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah
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Physics
Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions
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Space
China’s Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket takes first flight
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Space
Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars’s lost lander
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Space
Pluto may sport clouds of poisonous acid and flammable gases
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Physics
Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET – or human error
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Space
Uranus might have two dark moons we’ve never seen before
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Space
Our universe contains 10 times more galaxies than we thought
The observable universe contains a whopping two trillion galaxies, meaning there may have been a period of rapid galaxy merging in the universe's past
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Space
Disco-ball sail propelled by laser could fly to a nearby star
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Space
Blue Origin test of escape system for space tourists a success
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Rosetta’s biggest hits: The comet chaser’s top seven discoveries
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Earth
Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last
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