space science
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Having Lost Its Original Atmosphere, This Freaky Planet Is Now Growing a New One
Artist’s depiction of exoplanet GJ 1132 b,Image: NASA/ESA/R. Hurt (IPAC/Caltech) Who says you can’t lose your atmosphere to a nearby…
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Asteroid Apophis Is Swinging by This Weekend to Taunt Us
Potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis, as imaged on March 2, 2021.Image: Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project An asteroid with a small…
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Abigail Allwood’s Hunt for Alien Fossils on Mars Has Begun
When the NASA Mars rover Perseverance was dramatically airlifted through the Red Planet’s atmosphere and touched down on the iron-rich…
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Move Over ‘Farout,’ Astronomers Confirm ‘Farfarout’ Is the Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object
A view of the night sky from the Uruguayan countryside on May 10, 2019.Photo: Mariana Suarez (Getty Images) What astronomers…
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