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Scientists show how terrain evolves on an icy comet

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With an eye toward a possible return mission years in the future, Cornell astronomers have shown how smooth terrains—a good place to land a...

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

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A new study has found that "diamond rain," a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be more common than previously...

Why do galaxies stop making stars? A huge collision in space provides new clues

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Six billion years ago, two galaxies were colliding, their combined forces hurling a stream of gas hundreds of thousands of light years away. Reported...

NASA unsure next Moon rocket launch attempt possible this month

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After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said Saturday...

NASA readies for Saturday Moon rocket launch attempt

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The stars appear to be aligned for NASA's Moon rocket to finally blast off on Saturday, with weather forecasts favorable and technical issues that...

Space station experiment to probe origins of elements

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Astronomer Carl Sagan put it best: "We're made of star stuff." The atoms that make up the chemicals of our bodies didn't originate on...

NASA says Friday launch of giant Moon rocket possible

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A test flight of NASA's powerful new Moon rocket may be possible on Friday, officials said, after the US space agency scrubbed Monday's launch...

AI illuminates permanently shadowed regions on the moon

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With the help of artificial intelligence, an international research team led by ETH Zurich has explored the moon's permanently shadowed regions. The information they...

Evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

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Researchers at the University of Bristol and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre have discovered that super-eruptions occur when huge accumulations of magma deep in...

Scientists are turning data into sound to listen to the whispers of the universe

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We often think of astronomy as a visual science with beautiful images of the universe. However, astronomers use a wide range of analysis tools...

NASA’s Lucy team discovers moon around asteroid Polymele

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Even before its launch, NASA's Lucy mission was already on track to break records by visiting more asteroids than any previous mission. Now, after...

Researchers explore how impacts ‘break in’ a new planet

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The harder you hit something—a ball, a walnut, a geode—the more likely it is to break open. Or, if it does not break open,...
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