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Asteroid Itokawa

Space

Surprisingly wet asteroid dust could spark a rethink of Earth's water

Samples of space dust from the Hayabusa mission to the asteroid Itokawa are far less dry than we expected, which may prompt a rethink of how Earth got its water

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Titan

Space

Titan has a belt of ice 6300 kilometres long that shouldn't be there

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The moon

Space

There is water just under the surface of the moon that we could use

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A laser pushes a mini spacecraft's light sail in this artist's impression

Space

A mission to Alpha Centauri affirms humanity's faith in the future

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Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Space

Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

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Dwarf planet 2007 OR10

Space

You can help name the largest unnamed world in the solar system

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The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

Space

The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

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The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus.

Space

Venus may have had a climate suitable for life billions of years ago

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asteroids

Earth

Spacecraft reveal the mysteries of the solar system's space rocks

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Ultima Thule, a distant space rock with two lobes like a bowling pin

Space

Distant space rock Ultima Thule formed in a slow and gentle collision

New images of the most distant space rock we have ever visited show that it has mysterious bright spots and stripes, and that it probably formed in a slow-motion collision

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Space

Earth may be partly made of rocks from elsewhere in the galaxy

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Space

Jupiter could be cracking its moon Europa with powerful magnetic force

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Environment

Wind and solar will still work in a climate-change ravaged Europe

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Space

Space exploration needs minnows as much as superpowers

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