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IIAPY 2019: entry dates announced

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Citizen scientists find rare exoplanet in Kepler data

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What has New Horizons found at Ultima Thule?

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Cloud cycle discovered at Jupiter’s equator

A view of Saturn’s rings captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 21 July 2016. Just below rings can be spotted Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Saturn’s rings are disappearing

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OSIRIS REX discovers water on asteroid Bennu

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Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space

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NASA’s InSight to study Mars interior

The ‘Emu in the Sky’ was established by Aborigines who saw dust-cloud patterns reminiscent of the bird’s plumage. Credit: iStock

The astronomy of the Aborigines

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CERN tests show early Universe was fluid

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SPA and Cardiff host day of astronomy

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First moon beyond Solar System discovered

An illustration showing the orbit of newly-discovered dwarf planet 2015 TG387 with the planets of the Solar System. Image Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa and Scott Sheppard, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science.

New object discovered on edge of Solar System

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Curiosity stops transmitting science data

The JWST will have a 6.5m wide, gold plated mirror. It is currently scheduled to launch in 2021.
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Students to help select JWST targets