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Ultima Thule, a distant space rock with two lobes like a bowling pin

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Distant space rock Ultima Thule formed in a slow and gentle collision

New images of the most distant space rock we have ever visited show that it has mysterious bright spots and stripes, and that it probably formed in a slow-motion collision

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'Oumuamua

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Earth may be partly made of rocks from elsewhere in the galaxy

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Jupiter could be cracking its moon Europa with powerful magnetic force

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Jupiter could be cracking its moon Europa with powerful magnetic force

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Space exploration needs minnows as much as superpowers

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Neptune’s smallest moon keeps getting smashed up and resurrected again

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Neptune’s smallest moon keeps getting smashed up and resurrected again

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B cells produce antibodies that protect us from invading pathogens

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CRISPR could help us protect ourselves from viruses like flu and HIV

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Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon

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Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon

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The moon’s violent birth may have given Earth the ingredients of life

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The moon’s violent birth may have given Earth the ingredients of life

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Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

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Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

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Saturn

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Saturn’s rings formed in a smash-up less than 100 million years ago

Some of the Cassini spacecraft’s final measurements of Saturn’s gravitational field show that its rings are younger than we thought, and its winds run deeper

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Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

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Ultima Thule is a snowman-shaped rock covered in weird ice

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Crashing tidal waves may lurk beneath the surface of icy moons

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Massive space rock smash-up with Uranus recreated in a riot of colour

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