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NASA set to launch Europa probe to search for signs of habitability

A 6000-kilogram spacecraft will embark on a six-year journey to Jupiter to explore whether its icy moon Europa has the conditions to support life

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Map of the immune system changing with age may help optimise vaccines

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Huge asteroid impact may have knocked over Jupiter's largest moon

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On 19?20 August 2024, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will achieve a world first: using the gravity of the Moon and then Earth to bend its path through space, bringing it one step closer to Jupiter.

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The JUICE spacecraft may be visible on a near-Earth flyby next week

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Could we take the entire solar system on a voyage through space?

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The sun could capture rogue planets from 3.8 light years away

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Lunar samples reveal exactly when the moon’s largest crater formed

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Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?

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Anti-inflammatory drug extended the lifespan of mice by 20 per cent

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Moon of Saturn has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans

The liquid hydrocarbon seas, lakes and rivers on Titan have varying compositions and signs of active tides or currents

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What would happen if Earth was the centre of the solar system?

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Is an old NASA probe about to redraw the frontier of the solar system?

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Pluto and the largest moon of Neptune might be siblings

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Tiny black holes hiding in the sun could trace out stunning patterns

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