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Earth's two moons? It's not lunacy, but new theory

In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the "big splat."...

 

Lots more planets found outside solar system

Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop....

 

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