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solar system

two stars

Space

Solar system may have had a second sun that helped grab Planet Nine

In its youth our solar system may have contained two suns, which could explain how it had the gravitational pull to capture the hypothetical Planet Nine

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Occator crater

Space

Dwarf planet Ceres may be home to an underground ocean

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Map of the corona

Space

Maps of the sun’s corona could help us predict dangerous solar storms

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Anti-CRISPR concept

Definition

Anti-CRISPR

Red blood cells (erythrocytes) and white blood cells (leukocytes)

Definition

Blood

Perovskite solar cells

Technology

Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions

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anglerfish

Environment

Deep-sea anglerfish fuse bodies to mate thanks to an odd immune system

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solar flare

Space

We can now predict dangerous solar flares a day before they happen

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Space

Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Comment

Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight

Technology

Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight

A black panel of aluminium created by lasers can purify water containing human waste and heavy metals to drinkable standards, using just sunlight

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Definition

Dexamethasone

Technology

Two-sided solar panels that track the sun produce a third more energy

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Technology

Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

Regulars

Space

We may have found 19 more interstellar asteroids in our solar system

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