An international team of scientists came together to unravel the mystery of Greenland’s Hiawatha crater
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Astronomers find new evidence for Pluto’s ancient glaciation
This latest research focuses on one of the most enigmatic landforms yet seen on the dwarf planet Pluto
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Why is Charon almost exactly the same size as Pluto?
Is there a reasoning behind it or is it still a mystery? We take a look…
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Mysterious ‘wave trains’ have been detected on Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft spotted massive waves of air shifting through the upper atmosphere of Jupiter
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New equation can more accurately predict space weather
The Kappa equation accounts for the space plasma particle distributions and characterises their thermodynamic behaviour
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What would happen if a black hole entered our Solar System?
Hint: it doesn’t end well for Earth…
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Do asteroids have metallic cores, like planets?
What are these space rocks made of?
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New models explain how planets are formed from gas and dust
By simulating the movement of dust as it moves through gas shows how larger clumps of material form, eventually leading to the formation of planets
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Why is Iapetus walnut-shaped?
Read on to find out why Saturn’s moon has such an odd shape
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What are the cores of the gas giants made up of?
What’s inside these massive planets?
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Another radiation belt has been discovered around Saturn
A year on from Cassini’s conclusion, its data is still being used to reveal a new radiation belt around the gas giant Saturn
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Did Herschel see Uranus’ rings?
It’s a mystery that has baffled astronomers for many years
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Astronomers are close to finding the interstellar visitor’s home system
It has been narrowed down to four possible star systems from which ‘Oumuamua originated from
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Ice-spewing volcanoes gave dwarf planet its shape
Cryovolcanism has erupted throughout the history of Ceres, but such continuous activity has not had the same extensive impact on the dwarf planet’s surface as standard volcanism on Earth
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Cassini’s concluding view of Titan
The last flyby of Saturn’s moon, Titan, showed its northern lakes and seas made up of liquid methane and ethane
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Landslides and avalanches may be keeping comets active
Mass-wasting activities continuously expose fresh ice on a comet’s surface, thus keeping the comet active over long periods
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Astronomers uncover evidence for early Solar System shake-up
Studies of a binary pair of asteroids provide an insight into the past of the Solar System
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What path do comets follow through the Solar System?
We find out the type of route a comet takes through the solar neighbourhood
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Saturn’s famous storm may stretch far above the clouds
The hexagonal vortex can be seen growing increasingly clearer and warmer as summertime approaches
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Astronomers are awaiting the awakening of the Martian Opportunity rover
The global dust storm is slowly subsiding, and the rover’s team is hoping that the rover will soon make contact again