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Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior
Five volcanoes on Jupiter鈥檚 moon Io erupted simultaneously, spewing a mind-boggling amount of lava onto the surface and giving us clues to what may lie underneath
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Mars’s gravity may help control Earth鈥檚 cycle of ice ages
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Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century
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BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury’s secrets in 2026
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Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery
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Comet 3I/ATLAS from beyond solar system carries key molecule for life
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Forming moon may have taken three big impacts early in Earth鈥檚 history
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We鈥檝e found an unexpected structure in the solar system鈥檚 Kuiper belt
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A distant comet is forming new rings while we watch in real time
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There might be a ‘Planet Y’ hiding in the outer solar system
Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet X, that might be warping the orbits of objects beyond Neptune
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Ceres may have been habitable at just half a billion years old
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6 of the most fascinating moments in the life of our solar system
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A planet the size of Saturn could orbit the nearest sun-like star
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Look inside the revolutionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory
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