Physics
Phew! Earth won’t end up as a Venus-like hell
Earth's evil twin Venus was born hot and dry, so our planet is not destined to become a hellish wasteland, after all
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Space
Missing moon dust discovered in storage after 43 years
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Earth
Earth’s tides are shoving the moon away faster
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Space
Astrophile: Saturn’s egg moon Methone is made of fluff
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Space
Why Mercury is a hard orange, not a soft peach
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Space
Moon water came from young wet Earth
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Space
Supersonic cosmic winds blew up giant galactic bubbles
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Space
Jupiter got a soaking from comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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Space
Closest exoplanet sparks international naming fight
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Space
Saturn’s rings leave ghostly imprint on atmosphere
The iconic rings produce charged particles that rain down on the planet's atmosphere, where they carve out an imprint
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Life
Meteorites could have been source of life’s batteries
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Space
Astrophile: Mighty Trojan found marching with Uranus
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Life
Rover finds first life-friendly environment on Mars
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Space
Salty water oozes up from Jupiter moon’s hidden ocean
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