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Sun traces giant figures-of-eight in the sky
A pinhole camera recorded this time-lapse image over a whole year, showing how the path of the sun across the sky traces a shape called an analemma
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Where am I? Voyager on the solar system’s frontier
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Robotic planet-hunter bags its first exoplanets
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Asteroid surprises with set of shiny Saturn-like rings
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New dwarf planet hints at giant world far beyond Pluto
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Moon impacts eject debris at shotgun speeds
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Salty skies signal planetary growing pains
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Astrophile: Wrinkles reveal Mercury’s rapid slimming
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First alien rainbow image holds clues to Venus mystery
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Most Mars meteorites may be from same giant crater
Fresh evidence hints that most Martian rocks found on Earth could be from the same ancient terrain, but the claim has set off a firestorm among meteorite experts
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Earth raises a plasma shield to battle solar storms
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Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? Maybe鈥�
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Moon’s radio glow could keep Muslim calendars in sync
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Hundreds of mini solar systems found in the Milky Way
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