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Europa Clipper: Journey to an Ocean

Space

Why NASA is sending a probe to Europa – and what it’s looking for

Past observations have indicated that the icy moon of Jupiter has a vast subsurface ocean. Launching in October, NASA’s Europa Clipper will go there in search of evidence that it could support life

Features

A colourised, microscopic image of a 4.4 billion-year-old zircon

Life

We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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2DE140D Rover on Mars

Life

Top astrobiologist explores the possibilities of alien life

Culture

Wave

Environment

How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe

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Life

Endangered skates saved from extinction by hatching in captivity

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Life

Has the mystery of life’s 'handedness' finally been cracked?

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Life

Sea lion cameras record amazing predator's view of the ocean

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Donald Johanson excavating Lucy

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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world

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Lord Howe Island emits no plastic into the environment, yet its wildlife is drastically affected by marine plastic debris - a global problem with a chronic local impact

Environment

Photos of an island paradise reveal plastic threat for bird population

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Life

Oldest rocks on Earth may contain strange and ancient life forms

Fossils in rocks that are 3.8 billion years old have puzzled biologists as they look nothing like modern cells, but now it seems they may be an ancient precursor life form that was unable to control its structure

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Environment

Controversial idea to save corals would replace them with new species

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Space

Mars rover found a rock with possible signs of ancient life

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Earth

Shock discovery reveals deep sea nodules are a source of oxygen

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Life

New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the Tasman Sea

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