Space
Cassini gears up for final fiery plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere
After more than a decade orbiting Saturn, Cassini is almost out of fuel. The craft's final daring mission looms – a fatal dive into the gas giant's atmosphere
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Earth
How two tiny dots defy the history of life and the solar system
Features
Physics
Water telescope’s first sky map shows flickering black holes
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Physics
Saturn probe Cassini hoovers up dust from distant stars
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Ease up doom mongers, Planet Nine is not about to destroy us
Opinion
Space
Mars moons may have formed after collision with Pluto-like world
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Space
The play X will have you clock-watching – but in a good way
Culture
Space
Planet Nine might be an exoplanet stolen by the sun
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Space
Pluto may have tipped over when Charon tugged at its heart
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Physics
Long-term view of extreme cosmic burst challenges astronomers
Several years of observations from the afterglow of one of the most powerful explosions in the universe could upend the standard view of how these bursts work
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Space
More evidence for Planet Nine as odd celestial alignment emerges
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Space
Bubbling ocean on Saturn’s moon could explain vanishing island
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Space
Moon’s lack of water down to ancient shift in its spin axis
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Space
Ceres surprises with water ice and colourful bright spots
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