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Most pristine known asteroid is denser than granite

Space

Most pristine known asteroid is denser than granite

The lumpy asteroid Lutetia may be a whole, unbroken building block left nearly untouched since the solar system's birth

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First icy star-disc hints at source of Earth's water

Space

First icy star-disc hints at source of Earth's water

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Comets may be creating oceans on alien planet

Life

Comets may be creating oceans on alien planet

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Venus has an ozone layer, too

Life

Venus has an ozone layer, too

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Bright 'hollows' on Mercury are unique in solar system

Space

Bright 'hollows' on Mercury are unique in solar system

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Missing planet explains solar system's structure

Space

Missing planet explains solar system's structure

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Space

Pluto's icy exterior may conceal an ocean

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Probes launch to study moon's interior

Space

Probes launch to study moon's interior

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Giant Mars crater hints at steamy past

Earth

Giant Mars crater hints at steamy past

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Extraterrestrial dust reveals asteroid's past and future

Space

Extraterrestrial dust reveals asteroid's past and future

Dust that slipped into Japan's Hayabusa probe when it touched down on the asteroid Itokawa in 2005 pieces together its past and foretells its bleak future

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Life

Evidence for Mars floods all dried up?

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Space

Moon may be 200 million years younger than thought

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Life

Dark streaks on Mars bolster case for liquid water

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Space

Water-scouting probe to take off for Jupiter

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