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2 February 2011 Last updated at 16:46 ET

Exoplanet sextet stuns stargazersArtist's conception of transiting exoplanet

Six large exoplanets closely orbit a star 2,000 light-years away, say scientists studying data from the Kepler planet-hunting space telescope.

Red panda in treeAsia drives forest growth trend

Forest loss across the world slows due to replanting in Asia, says the UN as the International Year of Forests launches - but conservation groups warn on forest biodiversity.

Chernobyl reactorChernobyl shelter faces cash woes

Funds run short for a second protective casing to secure the wreckage of Chernobyl, nearly 25 years on from the world's worst nuclear disaster.

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  • Richard Hollingham chats to former resident Andrey Glukhov looking out over the children's amusement park.Return to Chernobyl

    The BBC goes inside the Chernobyl plant almost 25 years after the disaster

  • Hugging trees Forest fight

    Why do we get so upset about trees?

  • Galileo Spaceman

    The small matter of a few billion sat-nav euros

  • White dolphin (Matsu's Fish Conservation Union, Taiwan)Raising the alarm

    Taiwan's endemic species facing a grave threat, experts say.

  • Forest politics

    Could trees be more troublesome than schools, welfare or the health service?

  • Green Room

    Disposal, disease and decline: A modern-day forest tale

  • Alien invasion

    The massive mission to eradicate the American mink from Scotland

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  • Discovery Listen

    Gabrielle Walker explores Earth's protecting veil, the upper atmosphere

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    As Egypt's internet blackout continues, we look at openness and control in technology

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