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planets

Artist's impression of a star eating a planet

Space

Flamingo stars turn pink when they gobble iron-rich planets

Consuming a metal-rich planet or two early in its life can change a star’s colour – making them the flamingos of space

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A diagram of Earth's magnetic field in colour

Earth

Cranky young sun could have kickstarted life on Earth

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Juno probe

Life

Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system

Features

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Colourful topographic map of Mercury

Space

First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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Mercury crossing the sun

Space

How to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun today

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swansong earth

Earth

Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD

Features

Makemake shining brightly, with a small, faint blob just above it and a big arrow pointing to it

Space

Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

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Saturn's rings as seen from space

Space

Cassini gears up for final fiery plunge into Saturn's atmosphere

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solar system

Earth

How two tiny dots defy the history of life and the solar system

Two specks of rock that formed when Earth was young suggest we've got to rethink everything from the story of the solar system to the origins of life

Features

Space

We are closing in on possible whereabouts of Planet Nine

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Space

Ease up doom mongers, Planet Nine is not about to destroy us

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Space

Planet Nine might be an exoplanet stolen by the sun

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Space

More evidence for Planet Nine as odd celestial alignment emerges

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