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solar system

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

The area in our solar system within Mercury’s orbit is empty, which may be because solar winds threw all the rocks farther out, where they helped form planets

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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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Your nose is armed and ready

Health

We’ve discovered a whole new defence system against germs in our noses

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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

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

Space

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

Culture

thermal image of houses

Environment

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

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Iapetus

Space

Moons can have moons and they are called moonmoons

If a moon is big enough and far enough from its planet, it can host its own smaller moon, called a ‘moonmoon’ - and four worlds in our solar system fit the bill

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Space

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

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Space

Don't miss: Darwinian premiere, what's really real and sun science

Culture

Space

10 mysteries of the universe: Is our solar system normal?

Features

Environment

Filling Sahara with solar and wind farms would double local rainfall

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