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  1. Planetary Science

    Brilliant! Tenth planet turns out to be a shiner

    Xena, unofficially called the 10th planet, is the second-most-shiny known object in the solar system.

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  2. 19667

    It seems that each of the moons of all of the planets within our solar system—and even some moons outside of our solar system—are named. However, it strikes me as remarkable and ironic that our own moon is the only moon that is unnamed. I think we should have a naming contest for our moon. […]

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  3. Chemistry

    Dynamic Duo: Two catalysts build valuable carbon chains

    By combining the power of two well-known reactions, chemists have devised a way to alter the length of linear carbon chains.