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First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off
The US's latest weather satellite, due to launch 19 November, will be the first to watch lightning continuously, as well as monitor the sun and space weather
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Spacecraft could taste Europa’s sea by sampling its atmosphere
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Monday’s bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years
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I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars 鈥� I mean, Utah
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ExoMars crash must not mean abandoning next Red Planet rover
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Space telescope duo will showcase the solar system in 3D
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The universe lines up along the ‘axis of evil’. Coincidence?
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Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars’s lost lander
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Pluto may sport clouds of poisonous acid and flammable gases
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Get ready for ESA’s white-knuckle descent to the Red Planet
Europe's latest attempt to land on Mars will be a nail-biting, nerve-wracking ride, says Mark Sims, who led its first touchdown on the Red Planet
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ExoMars spacecraft splits in two to explore Mars surface and air
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Uranus might have two dark moons we’ve never seen before
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The moon has hundreds more craters than we thought
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Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last
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