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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

The gravity from seven of its moons stops Saturn’s bright outer ring from spreading out and dispersing into space, according to Cassini spacecraft measurements

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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

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A moon base

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It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

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flying bird

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Drone designers accidentally explain colour of albatross wings

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Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

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Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

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Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own

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Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own

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Ley

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Rocket man: Willy Ley's fervour helped put men on the moon

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

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Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

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Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

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Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

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Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

Failed stars called brown dwarfs straddle the line between big planets and small stars. An observation of a magnetic field puts another tick in the star column

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Cassini takes last look at the ring patterns made by mini moons

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Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

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Cassini's Grand Finale: The ups and downs of our 20-year mission

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Cassini's Grand Finale: The spacecraft that unveiled Saturn

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