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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

A new analysis of the recent observations that seemed to show phosphine gas on Venus - a potential sign of life - suggests that the original claimed detection might be a statistical error

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

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

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Venus

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Have we spotted alien life floating in the clouds of Venus?

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water-rich asteroid

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

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two stars

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Solar system may have had a second sun that helped grab Planet Nine

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Occator crater

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Dwarf planet Ceres may be home to an underground ocean

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Map of the corona

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Maps of the sun’s corona could help us predict dangerous solar storms

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solar flare

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We can now predict dangerous solar flares a day before they happen

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

It is easy to regard the sun as humdrum, yet it contains elements blasted from the universe’s first stars as they died and is halfway through its 9-billion-year lifespan

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We may have found 19 more interstellar asteroids in our solar system

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Mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ on the solar system’s edge may not be real

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An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

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Venus may have an underground magma ocean spanning the whole planet

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