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solar system

Voyager 1 looked back at Saturn on Nov. 16, 1980, four days after the spacecraft flew past the planet

Space

Voyager 1 might have seen Enceladus’ icy plumes 25 years early

A space image-processing enthusiast claims that he’s found signs of Saturn’s moon’s majestic plumes from 1980 – decades before they were discovered

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Successful Russian launch re-paves the way to space station

Space

Successful Russian launch re-paves the way to space station

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pluto and charon

Space

Pluto is still an ex-planet, no matter what its fans think

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Artist's impression of asteroid with rings

Space

The upstart asteroid who showed rings are for everybody

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Future astronauts will need places to live on Mars

Space

New NASA teams will make human Mars missions light and efficient

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Artist's impression of a grandly ringed future Mars

Space

Mars might already be building rings from its moons

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

Life

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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Uranus

Space

Far-off asteroid caught cohabiting with Uranus around the sun

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Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three

Space

Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three

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A fountain of lava

Earth

Secrets of Earth's birth carried in lava jets from planet's core

Time capsules from around the time of Earth’s birth 4.5 billion years ago are preserved in the hottest mantle plumes despite planet’s plate tectonic activity

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Space

Magnetic meteorites narrow down solar system’s birthdate

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Space

NASA wants to put a lander on Europa’s surface to look for life

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Space

Glass from nuclear test site shows the moon was born dry

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Space

Space junk collector burns up after hitting snag in first test

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