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Mars and it's two moons, Phobos and Deimos

Space

Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons

How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin

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Claudia de Rham inside a virtual skydiving experience
Physics

Claudia de Rham: In search of the true nature of gravity

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Space

Early galaxy seen by JWST contains giant young stars and supernovae

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Spreading crushed basalt rock on a field in England

Environment

Spreading rock dust on farms boosts crop yields and captures CO2

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Artist's concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface

Space

NASA’s Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon

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Technology

This robot predicts when you’re going to smile – and smiles back

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E3Y70G Three year old boy pushing grandmother on cycle in park

Technology

Why our ageing world could accelerate progress in AI and robotics

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Space

Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident

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Health

Antibody therapy makes the immune systems of old mice young again

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Physics

We’ve glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravity

Gravitons, the particles thought to carry gravity, have never been seen in space – but something very similar has been detected in a semiconductor

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Life

Is every species necessary or can we let some die out?

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Technology

Implantable battery is charged up by the body’s oxygen supply

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Space

New view of our galaxy’s black hole reveals a swirling magnetic field

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Physics

Most accurate clock ever can tick for 40 billion years without error

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