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Meteorite findings shed light on origin of Earth’s volatile elements

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A study into the zinc isotope composition of meteorites by researchers from the University of St Andrews suggests that material from the outer solar...

Russian space chief: no date yet for space station pullout

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The head of Russia's space agency said Friday that the country has not set a date for pulling out of the International Space Station...

Analysis of Milky Way Fermi bubble high-velocity clouds suggests a foreign origin

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A team of researchers with affiliations to multiple institutions in the U.S. has found that the metal content of Fermi bubble high-velocity clouds does...

US environmental study launched for Thirty Meter Telescope

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The National Science Foundation said Tuesday it plans to conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world's largest...

NASA releases Webb images of Jupiter

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On the heels of Tuesday's release of the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, data from the telescope's commissioning period is now...

Scientists find oldest Martian meteorite’s original home

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Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a discovery that could...

First image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals thousands of galaxies in stunning detail

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Billions of years ago, long before a swirling cloud of gas and dust coalesced to form the sun, light left the earliest stars and...

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

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NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space...

There’s another chance to catch a supermoon on Wednesday

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If you missed last month's supermoon, you have another chance. This month's full moon is Wednesday. At the same time, the moon's orbit will bring...

Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher

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Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new...

Dark matter: Our review suggests it’s time to ditch it in favor of a new theory of gravity

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We can model the motions of planets in the Solar System quite accurately using Newton's laws of physics. But in the early 1970s, scientists...

Porosity of the moon’s crust reveals bombardment history

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Around 4.4 billion years ago, the early solar system resembled a game of space rock dodgeball, as massive asteroids and comets, and, later, smaller...
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