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  1. Astronomy

    Unlikely nursery for new planets is next to massive black hole

    Planet nurseries encircle young stars within a few light-years of the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way, scientists claim.

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  2. Planetary Science

    Earth, neighbors weren’t the first rocky planets in the solar system

    Jupiter might have swept an earlier generation of rocky planets into the sun, leaving room for Earth and its neighbors to form.

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  3. Quantum Physics

    Quantum links provide clues to causation

    Quantum entanglement enables physicists to determine cause and effect just by tracking the association between two measurements.

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  4. Climate

    Rain slows whipping hurricane winds

    Taking raindrop drag into account — which may slow hurricane winds by as much as 30 percent — could help improve hurricane forecasts.