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The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

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The European Space Agency is sending another spacecraft to Venus

NASA’s two planned missions to Venus are getting a companion – the European Space Agency has announced plans to send the EnVision orbiter to Venus around 2031

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Mercury may have shrunk because magma was being piped to the surface

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Mercury may have shrunk because magma was being piped to the surface

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NASA’s InSight lander has measured the size of Mars’s molten core

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NASA’s InSight lander has measured the size of Mars’s molten core

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Martian surface

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Mars’s crust may have sucked up most of the planet’s water

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Evidence for a hidden ‘Planet Nine’ beyond Neptune has weakened

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Evidence for a hidden ‘Planet Nine’ beyond Neptune has weakened

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Martian surface

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Dust storms on Mars are tossing water from its atmosphere into space

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Flashes of light called ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ seen on Jupiter

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Flashes of light called ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ seen on Jupiter

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More doubts cast on potential signs of life on Venus

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More doubts cast on potential signs of life on Venus

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Venus might not have signs of life after all, say astronomers

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Pioneer Venus Multiprobe

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NASA may have found signs of life on Venus in 1978 without realising

After the observation of phosphine gas on Venus, which may be a sign of life there, a new search through old data has found hints of the gas and more

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Mars’s south pole may have an underground lake surrounded by ponds

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BepiColombo may be able to search for signs of life as it passes Venus

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Life on Venus? Everything you need to know about the big discovery

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Earth may have formed with enough water to fill the oceans three times

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