Space
Moons can have moons and they are called moonmoons
If a moon is big enough and far enough from its planet, it can host its own smaller moon, called a 鈥榤oonmoon鈥� - and four worlds in our solar system fit the bill
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Space
Distant dwarf planet called ‘The Goblin’ could point to Planet X
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Environment
Don’t miss: Darwinian premiere, what’s really real and sun science
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10 mysteries of the universe: Is our solar system normal?
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Earth
NASA鈥檚 deep-space mission to a $10 quintillion all-metal world
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Environment
Rock layers show our sun has been in same cycle for 700 million years
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NASA鈥檚 Parker Solar Probe is on its way to the sun, via Venus
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Forgotten giants: Why the time is ripe to revisit Uranus and Neptune
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Physics
The sun shrinks and grows again by 2 kilometres every 11 years
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Why weird star systems are where we’ll find alien life
In the hunt for life beyond Earth, we've been looking for planets and stars like our own. But that is flawed 鈥� and a new plan promises answers in our lifetimes
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Space
Passing star may have disturbed the solar system billions of years ago
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Space
We鈥檝e found 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter 鈥� and one is probably doomed
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Tornadoes on the sun could blast hot plasma towards Earth
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Interstellar visitor 鈥極umuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid
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