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More Geysers on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
NASA's Cassini space probe has provided more evidence of a subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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What Ever Happened to the Moon’s Magnetosphere?
The astronauts who brought back moon rocks half a century ago also revealed a lunar mystery:...
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Venus Rocks! And Some May Have Ended Up on the Moon
Venus rocks may help us understand the forbidden planet of our solar system, which is at...
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Red Planet Road Trip: Space Travel to Mars Meets Speculative Sightseeing
When regular space travel to Mars becomes a reality, what would a Red Planet road trip...
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A Supermassive Black Hole Sheds Light on Early Universe
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile have discovered a clump of six galaxies...
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Juno Spacecraft May Extend Jupiter Mission
NASA mission planners might be giving the go-ahead for a new Jupiter mission using the existing...
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Ceres: From Asteroid to Ocean World
Since its discovery on January 1, 1801, what was originally taken for a comet and later...
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Planet 9, a Black Hole Mystery, and Planets Beyond
Is the mysterious, much-searched-for Planet 9 really a black hole?
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When Quantum Mechanics and Relativity Collide
The two greatest achievements of modern physics — quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity...
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King Tut’s Meteorite Dagger: It Came From Outer Space
Astronomy discoveries are not always made with telescopes or space probes, take King Tut's meteorite dagger,...
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Mars Exploration? 3 Problems Science Needs to Solve First
Humans have long fantasized about Mars exploration and colonization. That dream could become a reality now...
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Pics or It Didn’t Happen: The History-Making Snap of Explorer 6
On Au. 14, 1959, Explorer 6 sent back the first satellite image of Earth. It wasn't...
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The Hunt for Earthlike Exoplanets
Are we alone in the universe? The hunt for earthlike exoplanets closes in.
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The Case of the Disappearing Planet
Astronomers have detected a disappearing planet, its atmosphere heated so hot by its nearby sun that...