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solar system

The Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets Concept

Space

NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts

The space agency just announced the recipients of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which kickstarts researchers’ so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas

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Mars

Space

Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation

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MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars

Space

NASA orbiter shows Mars lost 90 per cent of its CO2 to space

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Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

Space

Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

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Titan's dunes seem to face the wrong way

Space

Electrified sand could explain Titan’s odd backward-facing dunes

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Illustration of the plumes at Enceladus's south pole

Space

Enigmatic plumes from Saturn’s moon caused by cosmic collision

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Venus with stripy features in atmosphere

Space

Gentle breeze may help Venus's atmosphere spin like crazy

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brain artwork

Health

Neuroleaks: The secret dialogue between brain and body

Features

NASA's new budget is big on other worlds but ignores our own

Space

NASA's new budget is big on other worlds but ignores our own

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Pluto and Charon

Space

Discovery of tiny moon completes the set for worlds past Neptune

The third-largest dwarf planet has a small satellite, meaning every object bigger than 1000 kilometres across in the outer solar system has a moon of its own

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Health

Autoimmune disorders linked to an increased risk of dementia

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Space

Musk's moon trip 'tourists' should be praised as pioneers

Comment

Space

Cosmic popcorn effect helps space dust survive our atmosphere

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Space

SpaceX plans to send two civilians around the moon next year

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