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We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast

Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should have spun itself apart

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NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

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How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment

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From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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

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This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables

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Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior

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composite picture of Mars

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

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Chernobyl cooling systems have lost power but meltdown risk is low

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

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

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed

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

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

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

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

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