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Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought

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Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought

A new map of the spirals that make up our home galaxy shows that rather than being a dim backwater, the arm that hosts the solar system is just as spectacular as the others

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Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

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Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

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Rosetta cartoon

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Farewell to Rosetta, the comet mission that captivated the world

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Saturn

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Saturn’s rings may be from the whirl of a passing icy rock

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Woman in bed looking ill with cold or flu

Health

What you eat when you're sick may determine if you'll get better

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Asteroid assault on early planets was more like a gentle massage

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Asteroid assault on early planets was more like a gentle massage

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67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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Rosetta set for a grand finale by diving into cometary cave

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The dark side of the moon

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Tiny lightning bolt explosions can vaporise the moon’s thin soil

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Artist's impression of probe approaching asteroid

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NASA probe about to leave for asteroid Bennu and bring bits home

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Jupiter

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NASA’s Juno probe snaps first images of Jupiter’s north pole

The images were captured during Juno’s first fly-by of the planet on 27 August when it was about 4200 kilometres above Jupiter’s clouds

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Life

Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely

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Gang of gas giants may have tilted distant planet system

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Health

Semen reshapes immune system to boost chances of pregnancy

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Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science

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