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Observing the crescent Moon by binoculars.

Space

Watch a lunar occultation of Uranus

If you live in Europe, north Africa or north-west Asia, you can watch Uranus pass behind the moon and emerge on the other side in a rare lunar occultation this month

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Physics

Blasting plastic with powerful lasers turns it into tiny diamonds

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Our neighbouring planets can help us understand Earth's climate change

Environment

Our neighbouring planets can help us understand Earth's climate change

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Illustration of the exoplanet LHS 3844 b

Space

JWST could soon tell us what exoplanets' surfaces are made of

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Planet Neptune in the Starry Sky of Solar System in Space with image elements furnished by NASA.

Space

A passing star shifting Neptune’s orbit could wreck the solar system

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FEATURE - Clouds of Hydrogen Gas ? Simon Tang Clouds of hydrogen gas give way as the magnetic field lines of the sun snap and clash together. This display of nature creates astonishing features, known as prominences, on the limb of the Sun. Taken with QHYCCD QHY5III-174M camera, 5040mm f/33.6, 1000 x 12-millisecond frame exposures Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Space

Stunning solar prominences shine in photography competition

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An image of Mars

Space

Ancient meteorite upends our ideas of how Mars formed

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HRJM18 Exoplanet OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb

Space

One in every 50 planets may have been stolen from other stars

News

Enceladus

Space

NASA should explore Uranus and Enceladus, say planetary scientists

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Main ? Voyager 2 view of Neptune, captured in August 1989. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

Space

Neptune has been slowly cooling for 15 years when it should be warming

Nearly two decades of observations have shown that Neptune's southern hemisphere has been slowly cooling down when it should be heating up, and we don’t know why

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Space

A planet-spotting extravaganza is coming, if you are an early riser

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Space

Mars 'lake' may actually be volcanic rocks buried beneath the ice cap

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Space

At least 70 'rogue' planets spotted drifting in space without a star

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Space

Now is the perfect time to see dwarf planet Ceres for yourself

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