Space
Your explosive guide to the end of the universe
Our sun will swell, our galaxy will collide with its neighbour and the universe could suddenly be swallowed by a vacuum bubble
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Space
Rare cosmic balancing act makes Perseid meteor showers brighter
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Physics
Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe
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Earth
Cranky young sun could have kickstarted life on Earth
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Incoming asteroids could crumble harmlessly before they hit us
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Life
Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system
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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun
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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system
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Physics
Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets
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Earth
Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars
A new survey of extreme microbes living in salty and alkaline lakes could yield "fingerprints" that help detect the biological origin of rocks on Mars
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Physics
Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade
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First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail
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How to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun today
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Earth
Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD
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