Earth’s magnetic shield behaves like a sieve
Cluster-mission data analysis points to a "porous" magnetopause
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The hue of alien Earths
Researchers link the colours of exoplanets to the chances of them harbouring life
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My life on Mars
Ashley Dale recounts his experiences during a two-week stint at the Mars Desert Research Station, a facility in the Utah desert
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Slow-cooling super Earths could lack life
Studying how the interiors of expolanet varies with time is essential to knowing if they harbour life
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Geologist claims to have found plate tectonics on Mars
"Strike-strip" fault points towards large-scale movements
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India set for Mars mission in 2013
Government approves £70m orbiter to red planet
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How do you hunt for planets that are outside our solar system?
Zoe Leinhardt explains how astronomers are discovering alien worlds
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World set for the 2012 transit of Venus
Ultra-rare astronomical event begins at 2200 h UTC on 5 June and will not be seen again until 2117
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Between the lines
Books about transits of Venus, scientific tattoos and world-changing equations, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Astronomers lift the veil on hidden exoplanet
Discovery using transit-time variations is a first
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