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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

A rebel monk's challenge to the Catholic church's teaching 500 years ago fired Europe with radical thinking. Did it spark the scientific revolution?

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

Space

A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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The dwarf planet Eris

Space

Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright

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Space

Hiding in plain sight: The mystery of the sun's missing matter

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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

Space

A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

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Solar flare

Earth

A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

Space

Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

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A moon base

Space

It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

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Nanoflares in the sun’s plasma may cause its scalding atmosphere

Space

Nanoflares in the sun’s plasma may cause its scalding atmosphere

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Moon

Space

Lunar volcanoes and lava lakes gave the early moon an atmosphere

The same volcanic eruptions that made the dark patches we can see on the moon spewed out enough hot gas to create an atmosphere billions of years ago

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Space

The mysterious bright spots on Ceres may have a common origin

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Space

Methane burps on young Mars helped it keep its liquid water

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Earth

Super-Earths draw asteroids to other worlds, which may seed life

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Earth

What a surprise – the end of the world has been delayed, again

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