Space

  1. Astronomy

    Prospecting for Quasicrystals

    Siberian journey nets a mineralogical space oddity.

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  2. Astronomy

    The alien next door

    Newly discovered planet is just 4.4 light-years distant.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Scientists probe fresh Martian meteorite 

    Rock holds clues to Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface conditions.

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  4. Chemistry

    Solar blobs collide with a bounce

    Superhot ejections from the sun surprise physicists by gaining energy of motion in collision.

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  5. Space

    Superfast star spotted orbiting Milky Way’s black hole

    Upcoming gravitational close encounter will test relativity theories in the extreme.

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  6. Astronomy

    Cohabiting black holes challenge theory

    The observation of two stellar-mass objects in one globular cluster violates existing astrophysical dogma.

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  7. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    The gassy halo engulfing the Milky Way, a comet in the neighborhood, and extraterrestrial rocks as the source of life on Earth.

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  8. Astronomy

    No companion in supernova debris

    Explosion probably resulted from two white dwarfs.

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  9. Astronomy

    Curiosity goes to the flow

    Sent to Mars in search of water and other evidence of habitability, the rover appears to have landed in a dry streambed.

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  10. Astronomy

    Team glimpses black hole’s secrets

    In the distant galaxy M87, new observations about structure’s rotational speed and jets show the potential of a budding telescope network.

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  11. Planetary Science

    Mars clays may have volcanic source

    Deposits didn’t need flowing water to form, new research suggests.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Planetary Peekaboo

    Astronomers aren’t playing games when it comes to spotting an exoEarth.

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