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Jupiter

Window to hell: Io's strongest volcano changes face as we watch

Earth

Window to hell: Io's strongest volcano changes face as we watch

The moon of Jupiter is in an almost constant state of eruption - and its most persistent volcano, Loki Patera, keeps an unsteady rhythm

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Europa

Life

Spacecraft could taste Europa's sea by sampling its atmosphere

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Jupiter

Space

NASA’s Juno probe snaps first images of Jupiter’s north pole

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Life

Ocean worlds: Searching for life in the solar system's seas

Features

NASA’s Juno probe enters near-perfect orbit around Jupiter

NASA’s Juno probe enters near-perfect orbit around Jupiter

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Illustration of Juno above Jupiter

Space

NASA's Juno spacecraft gears up for a whirlwind tour of Jupiter

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Aurora at Jupiter's poles

Space

Massive stunning aurora glows over Jupiter's north pole

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Strange ‘dark hydrogen’ may exist deep inside giant gas planets

Space

Strange ‘dark hydrogen’ may exist deep inside giant gas planets

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Life

Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system

Features

How Planet Nine may have been exiled to solar system's edge

Earth

How Planet Nine may have been exiled to solar system's edge

If the giant planet announced this week actually exists, we can already explain how it got there - and how it solves a mystery about the worlds we see around other stars

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Space

Tribute to an explorer

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Space

Galileo plunges to its death

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