Space
2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries
In October, a probe called BepiColombo will begin a seven-year voyage to Mercury with the aim of answering questions raised by previous visits to the scorched world
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Planet X: We are closing in on the solar system’s new occupant
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That interstellar asteroid could be a shard of a shredded planet
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Neptune鈥檚 other moons were normal until Triton crashed the party
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Environment
Enceladus鈥檚 hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life
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We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P
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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet’s sand levitate
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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system
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Humans
Luther’s legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?
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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995
Astrophile is聽Joshua Sokol's monthly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse
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Environment
Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright
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Physics
Hiding in plain sight: The mystery of the sun’s missing matter
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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn鈥檚 rings from breaking apart
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Earth
A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years
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