Space
Vulcan not Pluto moon despite Star Trek actor’s push
William Shatner gave it his best shot, but Pluto's fourth and fifth moons will instead keep up a Greco-Roman underworld theme
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Astrophile: Tour the scenic lava lakes of Io
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Space
Reports of Voyager 1’s exit still greatly exaggerated
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Space
NASA launches new telescope to solve sun heat mystery
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Old Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water
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Space
Sublime images to inspire an off-Earth generation
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Space
Elderly suns rip their closest planets to shreds
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Dust devils around stars may help planets grow
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Death-defying comet wags its tail during solar embrace
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Life
Goodbye, Goldilocks? The untimely end of life on Earth
From life鈥檚 point of view, Earth sits in the solar system鈥檚 sweet spot. But new calculations suggest it is teetering on the brink of a solar roasting
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Earth
Is Earth’s orbit scarily close to Venus’s sultry zone?
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Physics
Phew! Earth won’t end up as a Venus-like hell
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Missing moon dust discovered in storage after 43 years
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Earth
Earth’s tides are shoving the moon away faster
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