Telescopes and space missions Research update Mars mission passes key test A powerful new probe to study the history of Martian water has begun to orbit the Red Planet
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Read article: And then there were ten? Telescopes and space missions Research update And then there were ten? New evidence gives added support for a tenth planet in our solar system
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Read article: Pulsar breaks speed record Telescopes and space missions Research update Pulsar breaks speed record US astronomers find the fastest spinning neutron star
Read article: A medium-sized black hole? Telescopes and space missions Research update A medium-sized black hole? Astrophysicists may have found a middleweight black hole