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Some planets may orbit a supermassive black hole instead of a star

Planets normally form gradually from the disk of dust around a star. But the same thing could happen around black holes, forming thousands of super heavy planets

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Space

Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure

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Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip within our lifetime

Earth

Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip within our lifetime

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Earth

James Lovelock at 100: The creator of Gaia theory on humanity's future

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

Space

Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Earth

Space

Earth could have more water than we thought while exoplanets have less

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Exoplanet and ploonets

Space

Exomoons that run away from their planets could become 'ploonets'

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Technology

Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time

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The north pole is moving and if it flips, life on Earth is in trouble

Earth

The north pole is moving and if it flips, life on Earth is in trouble

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Where do meteorites come from?

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Where do meteorites come from?

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system.

Space

How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

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Space

The planets might control the sun's activity - and it's not astrology

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Space

Pluto is coloured red by ammonia spewing from underneath its surface

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