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We summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Space

    Warning for solar flares

    Microwave bursts may serve as warning shots.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Space

    All wet, or high and dry?

    The moon’s interior contains far less water than Earth’s, new studies of rocks collected by Apollo astronauts suggest.

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Space

    Dark matter eldorado

    Astronomers have discovered that a nearby galaxy has the highest density of dark matter of any galaxy known.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Earth

    Trailing dust devils

    Whirlwinds leave dark paths behind by sucking sand grains clean.

    By Sid Perkins
  5. Space

    Two is the magic number

    New experiments confirm a fundamental postulate of quantum mechanics.

    By Laura Sanders
  6. Astronomy

    Heftiest stars discovered

    At more than 200 times sun’s mass, this giant sets a new record.

    By Ron Cowen
  7. Planetary Science

    Hole from on high

    Researchers discover a fresh meteorite impact crater using Google Earth.

    By Sid Perkins
  8. Space

    Taming time travel

    New work is solving paradoxes by making the impossible impossible.

    By Laura Sanders
  9. Space

    Snapshots of the past

    The Rosetta spacecraft returns images of asteroid 21 Lutetia.

    By Gwyneth Dickey
  10. Planetary Science

    Up close and personal with an asteroid

    The Rosetta orbiter makes its second swing past a relic of the early solar system.

    By Gwyneth Dickey
  11. Space

    The incredible shrinking proton

    If the subatomic particle really is smaller than thought, a cherished theory may need tweaking.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  12. Astronomy

    The universe according to Planck

    Science News editor in chief Tom Siegfried reports on a new image of the early cosmos from the Euroscience Open Forum meeting in Turin, Italy.

    By Tom Siegfried