Akatsuki space mission reaches Venus after five-year detour
Spacecraft "is in good health", says Japanese space agency
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Radiation blasts render Earth's twin inhospitable to life
Powerful superflares may rip away the exoplanet's atmosphere
Is there life on Mars?
Lewis Dartnell discusses the search for life on Mars and what forms it might take
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Mysterious dust and diffuse aurorae envelop the red planet
MAVEN spacecraft spots tiny particles surrounding Mars that could have an interplanetary origin
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How can we find life on distant planets?
Sara Seager describes some of the signatures of life
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Web life: Astrobites
A blog where astronomy PhD students write bite-sized summaries of recent astronomy papers for undergraduates
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European superscope reveals its three ‘first-light’ instruments
Agreements signed for E-ELT's phase 1 instruments with the UK, France, Germany and other European states
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NASA finds Pluto steeped in flowing glaciers and kilometre-high mountains
Dwarf planet is colourful and rich in active geology
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Web life: Cosmic Yarns
A cosmologist blogs about science fiction and the scientific questions it raises
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Solar wind casts a reddish hue over rocky objects
Ion-accelerator experiment could explain why many asteroids are dark red
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