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Earth may have formed from two separate rings around the sun

Our solar system’s rocky planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars – may have formed from two rings around the young sun, rather than a single disc

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Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break

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We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast

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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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Vitiligo skin pigmentation on the hands of woman

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Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

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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

Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted simultaneously, spewing a mind-boggling amount of lava onto the surface and giving us clues to what may lie underneath

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This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?

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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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Red tattoo ink causes man to lose all his hair and stop sweating

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