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City rooftops have been collecting cosmic dust that falls from the sky

Space

Cosmic dust grains found on city rooftops for the first time

Sifting through muck trapped in roof gutters in Paris, Oslo and Berlin yielded 500 tiny particles from the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago

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The planned ExoMars rover will carry a drill to dig for life

Space

ESA approves 2020 ExoMars rover despite crash earlier this year

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Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill

Space

Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill

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Gravitational waves are ripples in space time that can be heard across the universe

Physics

LIGO turns back on to hunt for more gravitational waves

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A faint red star can be seen next to a mich brighter pair of stars that appear as one

Space

Proxima Centauri really does orbit its two bright neighbours

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Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

Space

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

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Europa

Life

Spacecraft could taste Europa's sea by sampling its atmosphere

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A pair of planets passing in from of their star

Space

Exoplanet hunters are missing 75 per cent of two-star worlds

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Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions

Space

Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions

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James Webb Space Telescope

Space

Space telescope duo will showcase the solar system in 3D

From 2019 to 2021, the Hubble and James Webb telescopes will share the sky, enabling us to see the best 3D images and movies of our celestial neighbourhood ever

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Space

Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars's lost lander

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Space

Mystery cosmic objects light up in X-ray then go dim in an hour

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Space

Pluto may sport clouds of poisonous acid and flammable gases

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Space

Toddler stars' baby fat kicks out almost all their exoplanets

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