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Kepler space telescope

Asteroid 101955 Bennu

Space

NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx set to start mission at asteroid Bennu

The OSIRIS-REx mission is set to arrive at its destination, the asteroid Bennu, which gets dangerously close to Earth and may tell us about the early solar system

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An artist's impression of the surface of a newly discovered super-Earth

Space

Super-Earth spotted hiding in plain sight around neighbouring star

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Mystery “space cow” is a weird new type of powerful space explosion

Space

Mystery “space cow” is a weird new type of powerful space explosion

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Enceladus

Space

NASA is giving advice to Yuri Milner's private mission to Enceladus

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Emma Chapman: The first stars in the universe

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Emma Chapman: The first stars in the universe

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The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

Space

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

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Didier Queloz: The search for habitable exoplanets

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Didier Queloz: The search for habitable exoplanets

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Stephen Fairhurst: Gravitational wave hunting

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Stephen Fairhurst: Gravitational wave hunting

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Our best planet-hunting telescope has come to the end of its mission

Space

Our best planet-hunting telescope has come to the end of its mission

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Emma Bunce: Inside the BepiColombo probe's mission to Mercury

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Emma Bunce: Inside the BepiColombo probe's mission to Mercury

The BepiColombo probe is on a mission to explore the solar system’s smallest planet.Planetary scientist Emma Bunce explains what it will do

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Space

Winners of the astronomy photo prize reveal the beauty of the universe

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Space

7 explanations for why mysterious radio bursts are coming from space

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Comment

Let’s embrace the joy of moonmoons and more playful scientific terms

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Space

Mysterious cosmic radio signal spotted unusually close to Earth

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