Space
Jupiter’s hefty twin found just 12 light years away
A Jupiter-like planet has been found orbiting a star just 12 light years from Earth, making it the closest confirmed gas giant found outside our solar system
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Gooey nitrogen ice may make Pluto’s crater-free heart look young
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Dwarf planet Ceres has a water cycle but it’s not like Earth’s
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The moon may have formed in a vaporised, doughnut-shaped Earth
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Mars has ice sheets 130 metres thick hiding below its red dust
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Environment
Mars rocks may have drunk up all the water and doomed life there
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Physics
Moon’s explosive birth drove iron deep into Earth’s core
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Signs of running water on Mars dunes are probably just dry sand
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We may know why Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is red instead of white
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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet’s sand levitate
In Martian summer, the combination of warm temperatures and a thin atmosphere make any liquid water on the surface boil, which can let dust hover across the ground
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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995
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Environment
Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright
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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart
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The mysterious bright spots on Ceres may have a common origin
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