Using the former spacecraft Cassini, scientists have found evidence for rainfall near its north pole
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Is the Sun pulling the planets closer to it?
Could the planets in our Solar System be getting closer and closer to the Sun?
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Why does Venus look blue in some spacecraft images?
What is it about this terrestrial world’s atmosphere that gives it its unusual colour?
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What colour are comets when they are not near the Sun?
Do comets look as vibrant when they’re not getting a helping hand from the Sun?
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NASA catches snapshots of nearby ‘holiday asteroid’
The approach is the closest asteroid 2003 SD220 has been in over 400 years
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Saturn’s rings are dying at ‘an alarming rate’
Researchers suggest that the stunning planetary feature will be gone in 300 million years
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The most distant object in the Solar System has been discovered
The object, nicknamed Farout, is three and a half times farther away than Pluto
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Can you drink water from other planets?
We take a look at whether a glass of alien water is safe for us to drink
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Rosetta detected the birth of a baby bow shock
Rosetta flew through the bow shock before it had fully formed, offering a unique perspective on comets in the Solar System
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Small bodies in the Solar System spotted with their own rings
Asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planet Haumea have managed to form and maintain their own rings
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A massive crater has been discovered under the ice of Greenland
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?