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Artist?s impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft at Mercury. The mission comprises ESA?s Mercury Planetary Orbiter (foreground) and JAXA?s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (background). The image of Mercury was taken by NASA?s Messenger spacecraft.

Space

The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to make its first Mercury fly-by

The BepiColombo mission will pass within about 200 kilometres of the surface of Mercury in October, where it will measure the planet’s magnetic field and exosphere

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View of planet Uranus from spac

Space

Mushballs inside Uranus and Neptune may solve an atmospheric mystery

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan/AP/Shutterstock (10714089d) Cube of uranium is displayed, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, N.M. The

Physics

Investigation of Nazi uranium could help stop modern nuclear smuggling

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2A7HPG2 asteroid belt, debris in the solar system

Space

Astronomers have just found more than half a million new asteroids

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Solar panels in space

Space

Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, claims report

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Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

Space

Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

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Solar sails could help spacecraft get up to speed

Space

Solar sail spacecraft could be used to intercept interstellar objects

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ITER reactor

Physics

World's most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor

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How serious is the nuclear power plant radiation leak in China?

Technology

How serious is the nuclear power plant radiation leak in China?

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The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

Space

The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

NASA’s two planned missions to Venus are getting a companion – the European Space Agency has announced plans to send the EnVision orbiter to Venus around 2031

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Space

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

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Environment

A solar geoengineering test has been delayed until 2022

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Space

Interstellar comet Borisov is the most pristine space object ever seen

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Space

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

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