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Solar sails could help spacecraft get up to speed

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Solar sail spacecraft could be used to intercept interstellar objects

We rarely get more than a fleeting look at interstellar objects that enter our solar system, but a new spacecraft design could be quick enough to intercept them before they leave

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The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

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The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

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Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

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Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

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Amplifying our ancient immune system could help fight future pandemics

Health

Amplifying our ancient immune system could help fight future pandemics

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A solar geoengineering test has been delayed until 2022

Environment

A solar geoengineering test has been delayed until 2022

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Borisov

Space

Interstellar comet Borisov is the most pristine space object ever seen

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Weird lava flows reveal the moon’s insides may be wetter than expected

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Weird lava flows reveal the moon’s insides may be wetter than expected

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Is it time to try geoengineering to solve the climate crisis?

Environment

Is it time to try geoengineering to solve the climate crisis?

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meteorite

Space

4.6-billion-year-old meteorite is the oldest volcanic rock ever found

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Evidence for a hidden ‘Planet Nine’ beyond Neptune has weakened

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Evidence for a hidden ‘Planet Nine’ beyond Neptune has weakened

Strange clustering of objects in the outer solar system once seemed to point to the existence of a huge, mysterious planet out there – but that clustering may not exist after all

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Technology

Chemical that makes chilli peppers spicy boosts solar panel cells

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Question

How old is Earth?

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Earth’s early atmosphere may have been toxic like the one on Venus

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Earth had a minimoon for nearly three years before it drifted away

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