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Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, may have been even more instrumental to the system’s evolution than we thought, forming its rings, shaping its moons and even affecting the planet itself

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Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior

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Mars’s gravity may help control Earth’s cycle of ice ages

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Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century

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BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury’s secrets in 2026

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This is a false-color composite image of the Fomalhaut System taken with the Hubble telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument in 2010 and 2012. The black circle at the center of the image blocks out the light from the bright star, allowing reflected light from the belt and planet to be photographed.

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Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery

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A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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Comet 3I/ATLAS from beyond solar system carries key molecule for life

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Moon Crossing Face of Earth

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Forming moon may have taken three big impacts early in Earth’s history

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artwork of a section of the Kuiper Belt

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We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt

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A distant comet is forming new rings while we watch in real time

The comet-like object Chiron has been caught in the process of forming new rings, which could help us understand how these complex systems work

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There might be a ‘Planet Y’ hiding in the outer solar system

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Ceres may have been habitable at just half a billion years old

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6 of the most fascinating moments in the life of our solar system

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A planet the size of Saturn could orbit the nearest sun-like star

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