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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

The gravity from seven of its moons stops Saturn’s bright outer ring from spreading out and dispersing into space, according to Cassini spacecraft measurements

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Solar flare

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A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

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A moon base

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It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

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Nanoflares in the sun’s plasma may cause its scalding atmosphere

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Nanoflares in the sun’s plasma may cause its scalding atmosphere

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Moon

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Lunar volcanoes and lava lakes gave the early moon an atmosphere

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Craters on Ceres

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The mysterious bright spots on Ceres may have a common origin

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Gale Crater on Mars

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Methane burps on young Mars helped it keep its liquid water

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Super-Earths draw asteroids to other worlds, which may seed life

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Super-Earths draw asteroids to other worlds, which may seed life

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A solar eclipse

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What a surprise – the end of the world has been delayed, again

The planet Nibiru was meant to wipe us out on Saturday. Undeterred by a no-show, doomsday theorists are already peddling more nonsense, warns Geraint Lewis

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Huge space rocks could have helped start Earth’s plate tectonics

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

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Cassini ends its 20-year mission by slamming into Saturn

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Our terrifying energy future leaves us with uncertainties

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