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We’ve found 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter – and one is probably doomed

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We’ve found 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter – and one is probably doomed

A new haul of moons brings Jupiter’s total to 79. Nine of the newly discovered satellites are orbiting the wrong way, and could obliterate one of their companions

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Solar tornadoes

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Tornadoes on the sun could blast hot plasma towards Earth

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Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

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Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

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A cell infected with HIV

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We can tweak immune cells to be much better at wiping out HIV

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The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

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The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

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A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

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A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

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A T cell under attack from HIV

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We’re beginning to understand how some people can control HIV

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Pluto is not a planet – it's a billion comets squished together

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Pluto is not a planet – it's a billion comets squished together

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Why Saturn's inner moons look like ravioli, cigars and potatoes

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Why Saturn's inner moons look like ravioli, cigars and potatoes

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Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper

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Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper

An asteroid that has been orbiting backwards near Jupiter for billions of years may actually be an interstellar rock captured by our solar system

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Falling mini-moons may have created Earth’s first continents

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We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids

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Probe saw plumes on Europa 20 years ago - we just didn't notice

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The sun will die in a blaze of swirling gas in 5 billion years

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