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solar system

Solved: mystery of the meteor-shedding asteroid

Space

Solved: mystery of the meteor-shedding asteroid

Comets cause most meteor showers, but the Geminids trail a rocky asteroid – now we know why

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Mars moon may have formed like our own

Space

Mars moon may have formed like our own

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Crater map rekindles debate over moon impacts

Space

Crater map rekindles debate over moon impacts

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Did Jupiter and Saturn play pinball with Uranus?

Space

Did Jupiter and Saturn play pinball with Uranus?

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Found: natural bridges on the moon

Space

Found: natural bridges on the moon

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Space

Trojan asteroids make planetary scientist lose sleep

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Weird water lurking inside giant planets

Space

Weird water lurking inside giant planets

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Second super-fast flip of Earth's poles found

Earth

Second super-fast flip of Earth's poles found

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Sunspots squeeze and stretch the day

Earth

Sunspots squeeze and stretch the day

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Jupiter attacked for third time in 13 months

Space

Jupiter attacked for third time in 13 months

Amateur astronomers bear witness to yet another impact on the giant planet, suggesting such run-ins are fairly common

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Space

Solar system slips back in time

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Space

Shrinking moon may explain lunar quakes

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Life

Hayabusa 2 will seek the origins of life in space

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Space

Neptune 'dead zones' hold more rocks than asteroid belt

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