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Final pictures from Cassini as probe smashes into Saturn

Space

Final pictures from Cassini as probe smashes into Saturn

Say goodbye to humanity’s outpost at Saturn with a look at Cassini’s final images before it was swallowed by Saturn’s atmosphere

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Cassini to live-stream its final moments in Saturn’s atmosphere

Space

Cassini to live-stream its final moments in Saturn’s atmosphere

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Hottest place

Earth

The hottest place ever recorded on Earth's surface was 2370°C

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<i>The Farthest</i>: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

Space

The Farthest: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

Culture

Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

Space

Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

Features

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

Space

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

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artist's impression of planet nine

Space

Our sun probably didn’t steal Planet Nine from outer space

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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

Space

Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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Royal Maritime Museum

Space

Bringing the Royal Observatory at Greenwich back to life

Regulars

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

Space

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

A planet nearly double the size of Jupiter and 900 light years away has a glowing stratosphere and an atmosphere hot enough that iron there exists as a vapour

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Earth

Earth's underwater dunes help explain Venus's weird surface

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Life

The ethics issue: Should we colonise other planets?

Features

Space

Our young moon’s supersonic winds made waves in its magma ocean

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Space

Weird orbits hint 'Planet Ten' might lurk at solar system edge

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