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solar system

Mars and asteroids

Space

Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago

Nine asteroids that trail the Red Planet contain a material usually only formed in the mantle of rocky planets

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Europa

Space

Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice

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Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

Space

Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

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meteorite artwork

Earth

Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system's history

Features

A large piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite extracted from a lake with ropes

Space

Earth’s greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history

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Saturn's moon Atlas, which is shaped like a ravioli

Space

Saturn's flying saucer moon Atlas has a smooth fluffy edge

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MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars

Space

Mars's atmosphere hosts metal layers that shouldn't exist

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The Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets Concept

Space

NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts

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Mars

Space

Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation

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MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars

Space

NASA orbiter shows Mars lost 90 per cent of its CO2 to space

The MAVEN spacecraft has completed the key part of its mission: to track down how much argon Mars’s atmosphere is giving up as a proxy for carbon dioxide loss

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Space

Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

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Space

Electrified sand could explain Titan’s odd backward-facing dunes

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Space

Enigmatic plumes from Saturn’s moon caused by cosmic collision

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Space

Gentle breeze may help Venus's atmosphere spin like crazy

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