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Passing star may have disturbed the solar system billions of years ago

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Passing star may have disturbed the solar system billions of years ago

The outer solar system hosts a number of small bodies in mixed up orbits – and they may have been scattered there by a passing star

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We’ve found 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter – and one is probably doomed

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We’ve found 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter – and one is probably doomed

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Solar tornadoes

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Tornadoes on the sun could blast hot plasma towards Earth

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Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

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Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

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The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

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The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

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A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

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A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

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Pluto is not a planet – it's a billion comets squished together

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Pluto is not a planet – it's a billion comets squished together

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Why Saturn's inner moons look like ravioli, cigars and potatoes

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Why Saturn's inner moons look like ravioli, cigars and potatoes

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Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper

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Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper

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Falling mini-moons may have created Earth’s first continents

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Falling mini-moons may have created Earth’s first continents

The early Earth was likely orbited by lots of small moons, which rained down onto the surface and could have built up ancient continents

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We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids

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Probe saw plumes on Europa 20 years ago - we just didn't notice

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The sun will die in a blaze of swirling gas in 5 billion years

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Gamma rays from the sun are acting weird and nobody knows why

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