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PDS 70 star system

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Astronomers may have spotted a distant alien moon being born

Astronomers have spotted a disc of debris around a distant planet called PDS 70 c, and it is massive enough that the young exoplanet might be in the process of forming exomoons

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Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

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Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

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An image from Cassini of Saturn's icy moon Rhea

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Puzzling signal on Saturn’s moon Rhea may finally be explained

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2020 in review: Earth acquired a minimoon the size of a 6-year-old

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2020 in review: Earth acquired a minimoon the size of a 6-year-old

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Minimoon

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Earth had a minimoon for nearly three years before it drifted away

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Jupiter’s moon Europa has ice that may glow green in the dark

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Jupiter’s moon Europa has ice that may glow green in the dark

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Ganymede

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A giant impact may have caused cracks all over Jupiter's moon Ganymede

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Astronomers have spotted six possible exomoons in distant star systems

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Astronomers have spotted six possible exomoons in distant star systems

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Mars’s moon Phobos may someday turn back into a ring around the planet

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Mars’s moon Phobos may someday turn back into a ring around the planet

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The moon

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Earth has acquired a brand new moon that's about the size of a car

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid that has been captured by Earth's gravity, making it a temporary mini-moon. It will probably fly away again in April

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Saturn's moon Titan could be hiding underground reservoirs of methane

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Voyage to Jupiter: What the Juno mission can teach us

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We have the first full map of the weird surface features of Titan

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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