By Jupiter! How the solar system’s giant made Earth ripe for life
22 May 2019
An audacious mission circling Jupiter’s poles is probing the planet’s deepest mysteries - including how it shaped our solar system and paved the way for our existence
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Pluto has an underground ocean kept warm by a layer of gassy ice
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Pluto may harbour an ocean that’s kept liquid by an extra layer of gas molecules trapped in the ice at the base of its frigid shell
The kilogram has been transformed as new definition takes hold
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If every point in space acts like a tiny universe, growing and then shrinking, it could explain our universe’s expansion and solve one of physics’ biggest problems
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China's Yutu 2 rover on the far side of the moon has found material from deep under the satellite's crust, which we have never been able to study before
