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  1. Planetary Science

    Ice flows, haze offer more clues to Pluto’s geology

    New Horizons’ latest data reveal more hints about Pluto’s shrinking atmosphere and possible underground ocean.

    By Ashley Yeager
  2. Animals

    Social pecking order gives roosters something to crow about

    Small groups of laboratory roosters keep to the rankings for orderly morning crows.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Space

    Best cosmic ‘cradles of life’ may be elliptical in shape

    Giant elliptical galaxies might harbor up to 10,000 times as many Earthlike planets than galaxies like the Milky Way.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Astronomy

    Kepler telescope identifies new ‘habitable zone’ planet

    A new analysis of data from NASA’s Kepler mission has uncovered a planet orbiting a sunlike star that could be Earth’s “cousin.”