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Saturn’s rings may be far older than we thought
The age of the rings that encircle Saturn is under dispute thanks to calculations that show they could have been formed billions – rather than millions – of years ago
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Distant dwarf planet Makemake might have a surprising ice volcano
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91av recommends Brian Cox’s new series, Solar System
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Now is a great time to see Saturn in all its ringed glory
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Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year
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Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?
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A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club
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What would happen if Earth was the centre of the solar system?
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Mercury may have a layer of diamond beneath its grey surface
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may have disappeared and reformed
The Earth-sized storm on Jupiter known as the red spot was thought by many to have been first observed in 1665, but it turns out that may have been an entirely different enormous storm, with today's storm dating back only to 1831
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The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life
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Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet
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Why space dust is key to everything from star birth to life on Earth
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It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy
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