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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

23 October 2019

Designating rocks just a few kilometres across as moons is misleading and ridiculous. We need to do a Pluto and cut moons down to size, argues Leah Crane
Strange sand dunes on Titan could be made by cosmic rays hitting ice

Strange sand dunes on Titan could be made by cosmic rays hitting ice

16 October 2019

Saturn’s largest moon Titan has strange sand dunes that seem to be full of organic molecules, which may form when radiation from space hits ice on the ground

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