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Huge lava fountains seen gushing from Jupiter moon

Space

Huge lava fountains seen gushing from Jupiter moon

In one of the top 10 eruptions yet seen on the small moon, Io has spewed molten rock that has spread across 31 square kilometres

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Official planet namer listens to voice of the people

Space

Official planet namer listens to voice of the people

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Solar superflares: A new danger from the sun

Earth

Solar superflares: A new danger from the sun

Features

Mars anniversary: Rock star rover's five coolest finds

Space

Mars anniversary: Rock star rover's five coolest finds

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Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

Technology

Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

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Asteroid pinpointed as likely source of Russian meteor

Earth

Asteroid pinpointed as likely source of Russian meteor

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Astrophile: How Saturn's tiger moon got its stripes

Space

Astrophile: How Saturn's tiger moon got its stripes

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Earth

Clouds save Earth from runaway greenhouse hell

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Shiny, happy Earth photobombs Saturn snapshot

Space

Shiny, happy Earth photobombs Saturn snapshot

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Neptune's strange new moon is first found in a decade

Space

Neptune's strange new moon is first found in a decade

A surprise lurking in old Hubble pictures, the small rock raises questions about how it survived the chaos thought to have created Neptune's other moons

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Space

NASA urged to seek live Martians with 2020 rover

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Earth

Sun's quiet spell not the start of a mini ice age

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Space

Solar system has a tail shaped like a four-leaf clover

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Space

Ultimate moon shot reveals the sun's flare

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