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Planetary ScienceA World Unveiled: Crème brûlée on Titan
Penetrating the orange haze of a frigid, alien world, a space probe parachuted onto Saturn's moon Titan and unexpectedly came face-to-face with terrain that looks a lot like Earth.
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AstronomyStars in the dust
The dusty disks surrounding three nearby stars show that they played host to massive collisions between asteroid-like objects as recently as 100 years ago.
By David Shiga -
AstronomyZooming in on a great void
New X-ray observations provide the most detailed view yet of the environment near a supermassive black hole.
By David Shiga -
Materials ScienceMagnetic nanorods on cruise control
Chemists have created miniature engines out of nanoscale metallic rods that propel themselves using chemical energy.