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Scientists find evidence for early planetary shake-up
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system.
Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon's surface.
Six things about Opportunity’s recovery efforts
NASA's Opportunity rover has been silent since June 10, when a planet-encircling dust storm cut off solar power for the nearly-15-year-old rover.
In a massive region of space, astronomers find far fewer galaxies than they expected
University of California astronomers, including three from UCLA, have resolved a mystery about the early universe and its first galaxies.
Omega Centauri unlikely to harbor life
Searching for life in the vast universe is an overwhelming task, but scientists can cross one place off their list.
Study helps solve mystery under Jupiter’s colored bands
Scientists from Australia and the United States have helped to solve the mystery underlying Jupiter's colored bands in a new study on the interaction between atmospheres and magnetic fields.
Oldest-ever igneous meteorite contains clues to planet building blocks
Scientists believe the solar system was formed some 4.6 billion years ago when a cloud of gas and dust collapsed under gravity possibly triggered by a cataclysmic explosion from a nearby…
Largest haul of extrasolar planets for Japan
Forty-four planets in solar systems beyond our own have been discovered in one go, dwarfing the usual number of confirmations from extrasolar surveys, which is typically a dozen or less. The…
Million-fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Listening to electromagnetic waves around the Earth, converted to sound, is almost like listening to singing and chirping birds at dawn with a crackling campfire nearby.
Invisible dark matter
Deep beneath a mountain in the Apennine range in Italy, an intricate apparatus searches for the dark matter of the universe.