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2T6AF4B the planet Saturn photographed with an amateur telescope

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Now is a great time to see Saturn in all its ringed glory

My first sight of Saturn through a telescope inspired my love of space. Dig out your telescopes or visit your local astronomy club, and you may be lucky enough to spot our sixth planet's stunning thick band of rings, says Leah Crane

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Computer generated three-dimensional perspective of the surface of Venus including the volcano Maat Mons.

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Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year

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3D illustration of giant spiral galaxy, solar system. Black hole. 5K sci-fi visualization. Elements of image provided by Nasa; Shutterstock ID 2347976815; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Could we take the entire solar system on a voyage through space?

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Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?

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A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club

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This artist?s concept takes a fanciful approach to imagining small primordial black holes. In reality, such tiny black holes would have a difficult time forming the accretion disks that make them visible here. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14524/

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How tiny black holes would behave inside the sun, Earth – and us

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What would happen if Earth was the centre of the solar system?

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Mercury may have a layer of diamond beneath its grey surface

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Jupiter as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may have disappeared and reformed

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How many moons and moonmoons could we cram into Earth's orbit?

Earth is lagging behind other worlds with its single moon, so on this episode of Dead Planets Society we are giving it more – and giving those moons moonmoons to orbit them

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What would happen if we pulled out Mars’s iron core with a magnet?

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How could we give boring blobby galaxies a new, exciting shape?

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The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

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Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet

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