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Tiny meteorite found in Antarctica came from an unknown asteroid

A tiny meteorite found in Antarctica doesn’t match any asteroid or comet we know of. Instead, it must have come from a mystery parent body that’s full of water

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Hayabusa-2 asteroid Ryugu

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Bombing asteroid Ryugu reveals it is a spritely 9 million years old

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Comet 67P is hiding nitrogen that could solve a solar system mystery

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Comet 67P is hiding nitrogen that could solve a solar system mystery

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NASA missions may go to Venus or our solar system’s strangest moons

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NASA missions may go to Venus or our solar system’s strangest moons

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Mars may have formed 15 million years later than we thought

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Mars may have formed 15 million years later than we thought

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Solar Orbiter

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Solar Orbiter will give us our best views of the sun’s top and bottom

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Mercury

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Mercury’s outer layers may have been stripped off by a young Venus

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Avi Loeb

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When will we hear from aliens? We may already have done so

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borisov

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Interstellar comet Borisov is about to pass close to Earth and the sun

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Celestial time travel: How asteroids can reveal the history of space

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Celestial time travel: How asteroids can reveal the history of space

Comets and asteroids are among the solar system’s oldest inhabitants. For Natalie Starkey, that makes them invaluable time capsules

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Exploring the wonders of the solar system

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Distant space rock known as Ultima Thule renamed to avoid Nazi links

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Perseid meteor shower

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Voyager 2 sent back its first detailed data from interstellar space

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