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Vesta has no moons – is it unlucky or did it eat them?

Space

Vesta has no moons – is it unlucky or did it eat them?

The second-heaviest asteroid in the solar system has no orbiting companions, even though hundreds of smaller asteroids do. Where did they go?

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Rosetta's real revolution is right here on Earth

Space

Rosetta's real revolution is right here on Earth

Features

Rosetta's wrong water could be right after all

Space

Rosetta's wrong water could be right after all

Features

Land ho: NASA spacecraft may have seen polar ice cap on Pluto

Space

Land ho: NASA spacecraft may have seen polar ice cap on Pluto

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That's no moon! Spacecraft mistaken for new natural satellite

Space

That's no moon! Spacecraft mistaken for new natural satellite

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Philae's sensors show comet 67P has almost no magnetic field

Space

Philae's sensors show comet 67P has almost no magnetic field

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Two mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres are not alike

Space

Two mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres are not alike

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Rock grab from asteroid will aid human mission to Mars

Space

Rock grab from asteroid will aid human mission to Mars

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Dwarf planet Ceres might have right stuff for life

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Dwarf planet Ceres might have right stuff for life

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Shape of things to come

Regulars

Life

Bright spots on Ceres could be water volcanoes

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Space

Weather forecast for early Earth involved iron rain

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Life

Lava could have preserved the origins of life on the moon

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#RosettaWatch: My summer holiday around a comet

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