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Space

NASA rocket mission takes 1500 sun images in just 5 minutes

The RAISE mission can capture quick-moving features on the surface of the sun that could reveal how it flares and ejects materials

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Waves surge in opposite directions around Io's largest lava lake

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Waves surge in opposite directions around Io's largest lava lake

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Protoplanetary disc around young star TW Hydrae.

Space

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

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Saturn

Space

Watch Cassini's first two dives between Saturn and its rings

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

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First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

Space

First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

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Mars and asteroids

Space

Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago

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Europa

Space

Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice

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Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

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Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

The moon of Saturn is best known for its watery plumes, which make it a good place to seek life – and the cracks that release the plumes may tell us more

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Earth

Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system's history

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Earth’s greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history

Features

Space

Saturn's flying saucer moon Atlas has a smooth fluffy edge

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Mars's atmosphere hosts metal layers that shouldn't exist

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