Space
Jolly green comet blazes a trail towards sun
The supercomet ISON has sprouted a spectacular tail and could put on a dazzling display if it survives its close encounter with the sun next week
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NASA scout blasts off for Mars to search for lost air
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Mars probe to sniff atmosphere and scout safer landings
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Life
Meteor impact trapped ancient swamp plants in glass
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Astrophile: Dying asteroid is a six-tailed beast
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CSI Chelyabinsk: 10 insights from Russia’s meteorite
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Earth
Solar activity heads for lowest low in four centuries
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India blasts off for Mars: here’s what it will do
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Earth
Mars on Earth? Ask The Catalogue of Planetary Analogues
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Astrophile: Soggy bogs swallow craters on Titan
Astrophile is our weekly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse
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Earth’s super-siblings grew up very differently
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Earth
For instant climate change, just add one large comet
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‘Black glass’ could be first comet chunk found on Earth
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Astrophile: Lost moon Naiad swims back into view
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