Kepler spots six planets orbiting a star
NASA discovery could bring a giant leap for exoplanet research
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A message from Mercury
With NASA's MESSENGER probe set to enter Mercury's orbit, Louise Prockter outlines the mission's grand aims
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Sun provides Earth with less energy than we thought
But the implication for Earth's climate is far from clear-cut
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US university settles religious discrimination case
Astrophysicist Martin Gaskell paid $125,000 in out-of-court settlement
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Kepler bags first rocky exoplanet
Fiery world unlikely to harbour life
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Thunder storm radiation amazes physicists
Italy's AGILE mission monitors gamma rays from thunderclouds
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Super-Earth’s atmosphere comes into view
Exoplanet could be shrouded in clouds
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Obama’s dream of Mars at risk from radiation
A peak in solar activity could coincide with planned missions
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Between the lines
On the physics of music, the dwarf planet Pluto and the history of noble gases
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Earth-sized planets may be more common than we thought
Nearly one in four Sun-like stars may have planets the size of Earth
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