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Earth

Planet Earth makes its own water from scratch deep in the mantle

Computer simulation confirms that water can form within our planet rather than arriving from space, and the process may explain mysterious deep quakes

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A meteorite from the Sahara

Earth

Earth’s water must have arrived here earlier than we thought

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Asteroids around a star

Space

‘Alien megastructure’ signal may be due to star eating a planet

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LIGO

Environment

The 12 biggest and best science stories of 2016

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Space

Project Blue plans to send space telescope to snap nearby worlds

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Hypothetical view of an exoplanet with two suns

Space

Giant hidden Jupiters may explain lonely planet systems

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Saturn

Space

Saturn’s rings may be from the whirl of a passing icy rock

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Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained

Space

Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained

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Life

Ocean worlds: Searching for life in the solar system's seas

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A red landscape on the surface of Venus

Space

Venus could have been habitable while life evolved on Earth

Turning back the clock on Venus with computer simulations suggests it might have once looked like early Earth and even been hospitable to life

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Space

Baby star illuminates icy wall between rocky planets and giants

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Space

Homebrew meteorites reveal origins of Mercury’s weird crust

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Space

Pluto must have liquid ocean or it'd look like an overripe peach

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Space

Asteroids keep their rings safe from gas giants’ clutches

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