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art work of Neptune and Triton

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Neptune’s other moons were normal until Triton crashed the party

Neptune’s moons are unlike anything in the solar system, thanks to Triton barrelling in and laying waste to the moons that were there before it

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P

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We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P

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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate

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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate

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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system

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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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The dwarf planet Eris

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Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright

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Hiding in plain sight: The mystery of the sun's missing matter

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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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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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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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