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Front page of The Sun newspaper, headlined 'World's end'

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Ease up doom mongers, Planet Nine is not about to destroy us

Contrary to tabloid tales, a distant extra planet in our solar system is not about to send comets raining down on us, says astronomer Phil Plait

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Brown pockmarked and streaked surface of Phobos

Space

Mars moons may have formed after collision with Pluto-like world

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The play <i>X</i> will have you clock-watching - but in a good way

Space

The play X will have you clock-watching - but in a good way

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The Pleiades star cluster: it might have been the sun's nursery

Space

Planet Nine might be an exoplanet stolen by the sun

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Pluto showing heart-shaped

Space

Pluto may have tipped over when Charon tugged at its heart

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Long-term view of extreme cosmic burst challenges astronomers

Space

Long-term view of extreme cosmic burst challenges astronomers

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A hypothetical view of Planet Nine

Space

More evidence for Planet Nine as odd celestial alignment emerges

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Titan

Space

Bubbling ocean on Saturn’s moon could explain vanishing island

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Full moon

Space

Moon’s lack of water down to ancient shift in its spin axis

News

Ceres surprises with water ice and colourful bright spots

Space

Ceres surprises with water ice and colourful bright spots

NASA's Dawn spacecraft zoomed in on dwarf planet Ceres and found unexpected treasures hidden in its craters

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Space

Pluto: A whole new world in 5 strange photos

Features

Space

Pluto may have hosted lakes and rivers of liquid nitrogen

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Earth

Pluto gives up its icy secrets as New Horizons data pours in

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Space

The Oort cloud surrounds our solar system – why can't we see it?

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