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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

If a migrating exoplanet dragged a Europa-like moon closer to its host star, the moon’s icy shell could melt into liquid oceans and breathable air

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Mars and asteroids

Space

Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago

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Europa

Space

Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice

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Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

Space

Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

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meteorite artwork

Earth

Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system's history

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A large piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite extracted from a lake with ropes

Space

Earth’s greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history

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Saturn's moon Atlas, which is shaped like a ravioli

Space

Saturn's flying saucer moon Atlas has a smooth fluffy edge

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MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars

Space

Mars's atmosphere hosts metal layers that shouldn't exist

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radioactive waste drums

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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The Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets Concept

Space

NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts

The space agency just announced the recipients of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which kickstarts researchers’ so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas

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Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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Space

Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation

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Space

NASA orbiter shows Mars lost 90 per cent of its CO₂ to space

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Space

Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

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