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Voyager 1 and 2 outside the solar system

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Voyager 2 sent back its first detailed data from interstellar space

Voyager 2 left our solar system in 2018 and has now sent back measurements from interstellar space, showing how our solar system interacts with its surroundings

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The MMR vaccine protects against measles

Health

Measles has a devastating and long-term effect on your immune system

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SPHERE image of Hygiea

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Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet

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

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

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock on space travel and humanity's future

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock on space travel and humanity's future

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We may have spotted an interstellar comet flying towards Earth

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We may have spotted an interstellar comet flying towards Earth

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The team found DNA (red) and an enzyme (green) on the surface of human gallstones (yellow)

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Sticky nets of DNA from immune cells may be to blame for gallstones

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

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Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

A small study of drug-resistant bowel cancers suggests that it might be possible to treat these tumours using immunotherapy drugs

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A total solar eclipse just passed over Chile and Argentina

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Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

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How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

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Europa’s salty surface may indicate an ocean that’s good for life

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