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Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained

Space

Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained

A new-found object orbiting at extreme angles to the planets hints at new puzzle in the outer solar system - in addition to Planet Nine

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The Rio Olympic pools - one is green, one is blue

Technology

Green Olympic pool: perfect storm of sun, heat and still water?

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Life

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

Features

A red landscape on the surface of Venus

Space

Venus could have been habitable while life evolved on Earth

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Artist's impression of Cassini passing through plumes from Enceladus

Space

Fleet of robots could hunt for life on icy moon Enceladus

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artist's impression of the future Hinkley point nuclear plant

Earth

Why Hinkley Point is a nuclear folly of Titanic proportions

Analysis

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter

Space

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter

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Space

How lasers found gravitational waves – and could hunt for aliens

Features

Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good

Space

Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good

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Missing craters on Ceres may have been smoothed by a mud facial

Space

Missing craters on Ceres may have been smoothed by a mud facial

Ceres has surprisingly few large craters for a dwarf planet located in an asteroid belt, but its muddy composition could have wiped away the biggest impacts

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Space

Five incredible things we know about Pluto since 2015’s fly-by

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Space

Cosmic carve-up: Law and plunder on the final frontier

Features

Space

NASA approves new far-flung destination for Pluto space probe

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Space

Looking back at Viking, the first mission to Mars

Culture

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