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Asteroid 101955 Bennu

Space

First close-up look shows asteroid Bennu is a holey watery world

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission arrived at Bennu on 3 December, and its first results show that the asteroid is chock-full of water and covered in huge boulders

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Interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua slipped by NASA space telescope unseen

Space

Interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua slipped by NASA space telescope unseen

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Earth may be made up of rocks blasted by gusts of solar wind

Space

Earth may be made up of rocks blasted by gusts of solar wind

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telescope

Space

We don’t need stars to navigate space - black holes work way better

Features

Revealed: the first ever picture of the sun's north pole

Space

Revealed: the first ever picture of the sun's north pole

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Asteroid 101955 Bennu

Space

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

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nuclear power station near the Vienne river in France

Comment

Environmentalists must embrace nuclear power to stem climate change

Comment

Melanie Windridge: Nuclear fusion - the sun's power on Earth

Video

Melanie Windridge: Nuclear fusion - the sun's power on Earth

Video

A mysterious picture of a moon behind the moon

Space

Earth may have a pair of 'ghost moons' made of dust trapped in orbit

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A picture of BepiColombo in front of Mercury

Space

The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to blast off to Mercury

On 20 October, the BepiColombo spacecraft will begin a 7-year journey to Mercury, where it will orbit and investigate the many mysteries of Mercury

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Space

The Sun review – a shiny blockbuster for London’s Science Museum

Culture

Environment

Old homes around the world must be retrofitted to meet climate targets

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Space

Moons can have moons and they are called moonmoons

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Space

Distant dwarf planet called 'The Goblin' could point to Planet X

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