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Distant stars could be home to up to seven habitable exoplanets (The Trappist-1 planetary system has three planets in its habitable zone, compared to our solar system which has only one © NASA/JPL/Caltech)

Distant stars could be home to up to seven habitable exoplanets

COVID-19: Asymptomatic carriers should self-isolate ‘regardless of symptoms’ © Getty Images

COVID-19 Asymptomatic carriers should self-isolate ‘regardless of symptoms’

Source of Viburnum tinus plant's iridescent blue fruit discovered © Getty Images

Source of Viburnum tinus plant’s iridescent blue fruit discovered

Mystery solved: 240-million-year-old reptile with 'extraordinarily long neck' lived in the ocean © Emma Finley-Jacob

Mystery solved! 240-million-year-old reptile with 'extraordinarily long neck' lived in the ocean

A First World War German submarine that has been surveyed for the first time since its loss in 1917 © MMT/Reach Subsea

WWI U-boat sunk by Royal Navy surveyed for the first time

People experience loneliness differently depending on their age © Getty Images

People experience loneliness differently depending on their age

Disease-bearing animals 'thrive in human habitats' © Getty Images

Disease-bearing animals ‘thrive in human habitats’

Coronavirus: Samples needed to help dogs sniff out COVID-19 © MDD/Bex Arts

Coronavirus Samples needed to help dogs sniff out COVID-19

Racial inequality exacerbated by 'white AI' © Getty Images

Artificial intelligence Racial inequality exacerbated by ‘white AI’

New penguin colonies found on 'highly vulnerable' Antarctica coastline © Getty Images

Satellite images taken from space reveal 11 new penguin colonies

'Holy Grail' MS discovery could prevent disability using diabetes drug © Getty Images

‘Holy Grail’ MS discovery could prevent disability using diabetes drug

Astronauts Robert Behnken (right) and Douglas Hurley landed back on Earth on Sunday in the first splashdown return in 45 years © NASA/Kim Shiflett

SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts believe the spacecraft is ‘ready to go’

COVID-19: Second wave could be twice as high without contact tracing © Getty Images

COVID-19 Second wave could be twice as high without contact tracing

Asymptomatic coronavirus found in 'up to 20 per cent of people' © Getty Images

Asymptomatic coronavirus found in ‘up to 20 per cent of people’

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SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts make historic return to Earth