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The hot, gaseous components of the Milky Way’s halo – artist’s impression
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XMM-Newton discovers scorching gas in Milky Way’s halo

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Animated view of the Milky Way’s hot halo and its elements …

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ExoMars Rover completes environmental tests

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ALMA view of the star-forming region AFGL 5142
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Mapping the cosmic journey of phosphorus with Rosetta and A…

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Visualisation of airflow across Huygens replica
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Huygens landing spin mystery solved

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Cheops seen by SAINT-EX telescope

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Mars’ north polar ice cap in 3D

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Mars’ north pole in context

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Stormy activity at Mars’ icy north pole
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Rippling ice and storms at Mars’ north pole

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X-ray and optical view of the Perseus galaxy cluster
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First sighting of hot gas sloshing in galaxy cluster

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Cheops liftoff

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Proba-2 watches Mercury transit

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Rosetta's ongoing science

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Building Solar Orbiter

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Gaia astronomical revolution

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