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The moon's surface

Space

Our young moon’s supersonic winds made waves in its magma ocean

Just after it was formed, the moon’s magma ocean would have steamed out a sodium atmosphere on the hot, Earth-facing side, creating dramatic winds

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Animation showing ozone-harming chemicals moving from low to high latitudes

Earth

Ozone layer recovery will be delayed by chemical leaks

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Photo of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko taken by the Rosetta spacecraft

Earth

The mystery xenon in Earth’s atmosphere came from icy comets

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Crowd watches rocket launch at Cape Canaveral

Earth

Fleet of CubeSats launches to study the neglected 'ignorosphere'

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Sprite lightning

Earth

Lightning round-up: The world’s weirdest electricity

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MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars

Space

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

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Sunset from the International Space Station

Earth

Geoengineering the sky is scary but we need to test it now

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Venus with stripy features in atmosphere

Space

Gentle breeze may help Venus's atmosphere spin like crazy

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Power station chimney

Earth

UK’s CO2 emissions lowest since 19th century as coal use falls

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LIGO

Environment

The 12 biggest and best science stories of 2016

From the detection of gravitational waves to the birth of a three-parent baby, New Scientist wraps up the most mind-expanding discoveries of the year

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Earth

Future air conditioning could work by beaming heat into space

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Space

A dash of hydrogen and methane could have kept Mars warm

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Earth

The world in 2076: That nuclear war was a bit of a bummer

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Space

New Horizons discovery raises solar wind riddle around Pluto

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