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We summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Space
Evidence mounts for liquid interior of a Saturn moon
Plumes of Enceladus offer hints that moon is now or was in the recent past partially liquid inside.
By Ron Cowen - Earth
A more organic meteorite
Some meteorites may contain a higher concentration of organic chemicals than previously thought.
By Sid Perkins - Astronomy
Healing Hubble
A retrospective on the final Hubble Space Telescope repair mission.
By Science News -
- Life
Life on Earth took a licking, kept on ticking
Earth's early organisms may not have had to restart after a long spell of asteroid impacts.
By Sid Perkins - Space
Last Hubble rendezvous
During five successful space walks, astronauts repaired and rejuvenated the Hubble Space Telescope.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Cosmic dustup settles
Two new studies document how crystalline dust forms in the hot, inner part of a young star’s planet-making disk and then gets incorporated into the cold, comet-forming region billions of kilometers away.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Final Hubble repair mission begins
The final mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope lifted off May 11.
By Ron Cowen - Astronomy
New eyes on the cosmos
The next constellation of telescopes will dramatically extend and sharpen scientists’ view of the universe.
By Janet Raloff -
- Astronomy
Beyond Galileo’s universe
Astronomers grapple with cosmic puzzles both dark and light
By Ron Cowen - Tech
White House commissions spaceflight-review panel
Outside experts are being asked to advise NASA on how to get astronauts into space after the shuttle program dies next year.
By Janet Raloff