Water vapour is spotted on a distant rocky planet
K2-18b is in the habitable zone of a red-dwarf star
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Moon of many faces
Sarah Tesh picks out some alternative views of the Moon
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Aerogel insulation could provide habitable regions on Mars
New proposal is radically different to previous ideas to make the Red Planet habitable
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What’s in a moon?
We all take the Moon for granted, but what would happen if our constant companion weren't there any more? Ethan Siegel considers the consequences
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Toxic gases in habitable zone could hinder emergence of alien life
Region where complex life could emerge around distant stars could be much smaller than previously thought
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Juno space probe identifies changes in Jupiter’s magnetic field
Magnetic field images hint at Jupiter’s internal structure
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Gravitational-wave mission detects rain of interplanetary dust
A spacecraft testing technology for hunting ripples in the fabric of space–time has felt minuscule collisions with grains of cometary dust floating between planets
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New superionic ice phase could shed more light on icy giant cores
And perhaps even help explain why the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune are so different from Earth’s
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First-ever detection of a ‘Marsquake’ made by NASA’s InSight mission
Tiny rumble could herald the beginning of Martian seismology
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Missing methane magnifies Mars mystery
Surprising results from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter suggest that some mysterious mechanism is removing methane from the Martian atmosphere
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