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Space

Enceladus’s ocean may be even better for life than we realised

The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life

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Space

We may never figure out where interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS came from

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Life

Orcas are ganging up on great white sharks to eat their livers

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Space

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

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Space

The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water

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Life

'Sword Dragon' ichthyosaur had enormous eyes and a lethal snout

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Spurilla neapolitana. A 'groundbreaking' sea slug discovery has been made - in a UK first. The nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana, typically found in much warmer climates, has been discovered in Cornwall. The colourful sea slug is a usual resident in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and along the western Atlantic. Until now, its most northerly sighting was in Brest, France, in August 2025.

Life

See the alien-looking sea slug spotted in UK waters for the first time

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2YP7KC6 Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents Mid-Pacific, Deep sea exploration 2025. Deep-sea mining, Deep Ocean Volcanoes

Life

Earth's extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier

Culture

Anonymous (Peruvian). 'Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Lobster,' AD 4th-6th century. ceramic. Walters Art Museum (2009.20.55): Gift of John Bourne, 2009.

Life

Fascinating artistic depictions of sea life over millennia

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Marine tube worms in the deep-sea environment

Life

How life thrives in one of the most hostile environments on Earth

Creatures that lurk more than 9000 metres deep in the Pacific Ocean get their nutrients from a surprising source

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Space

Water might be even more important for alien life than we thought

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Life

Protocells self-assembling on micrometeorites hint at origins of life

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Life

New ÒÁÈ˾þà recommends Phoebe Waller-Bridge's documentary Octopus!

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Space

Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system

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