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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system

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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system

An icy comet just hurtled past the sun on a strange path that suggests it came from outside our solar system, making it the first such interloper we've ever spotted

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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The dwarf planet Eris

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Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright

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hole sun main

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Hiding in plain sight: The mystery of the sun's missing matter

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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

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Solar flare

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A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

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A moon base

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It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

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Nanoflares in the sun’s plasma may cause its scalding atmosphere

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Nanoflares in the sun’s plasma may cause its scalding atmosphere

Tiny explosions in the atmosphere may explain why the solar corona is a million degrees hotter than the sun’s surface

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Lunar volcanoes and lava lakes gave the early moon an atmosphere

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The mysterious bright spots on Ceres may have a common origin

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Methane burps on young Mars helped it keep its liquid water

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Earth

Super-Earths draw asteroids to other worlds, which may seed life

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