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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

A body known only as 2007 OR10 has been given a boost by recent space telescope observations that peg it smaller than only Pluto and Eris

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Graph showing the gravitational wave signal from LIGO

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Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

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Colourful topographic map of Mercury

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First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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Mercury crossing the sun

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How to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun today

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Having an overactive immune system may prime you for depression

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Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD

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Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system

Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system

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Makemake shining brightly, with a small, faint blob just above it and a big arrow pointing to it

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Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

Astronomers have previously looked for a satellite orbiting the Kuiper belt object and found nothing, so were surprised when one turned up

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Cassini gears up for final fiery plunge into Saturn's atmosphere

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How two tiny dots defy the history of life and the solar system

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Water telescope’s first sky map shows flickering black holes

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Saturn probe Cassini hoovers up dust from distant stars

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