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Pluto – the planet that came in from the cold: For more than 50 years, astronomers knew virtually nothing about the ninth planet. Now, thanks to its oversized moon and to a lucky star, we have found what Pluto looks like, what it is made of and what kind
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Geologists hit back at impact theory of extinctions
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The dark side of the Earth: Lights from cities, flares from gas fields and farmers burning off scrub, even fleets of fishing boats hung with lamps to lure squid to the surface in the Sea of Japan illuminate the Earth at night
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Life and the Universe
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Life of a star
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