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Space: The Solar System
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Moon discovered over dwarf planet Makemake in the Kuiper Belt - Moon Discovered Over Dwarf Planet Makemake in the Kuiper Belt      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have discovered an elusive, dark moon orbiting Makemake, one of the 'big four' dwarf plan...

Space: The Solar System
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Evidence of asteroid belt around Vega - Evidence of Asteroid Belt Around Vega      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the secon...

Space: The Solar System
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Comet collisions every six seconds explain 17-year-old stellar mystery - Comet Collisions Every Six Seconds Explain 17-Year-Old Stellar Mystery      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Every six seconds, for many millions of years, comets have been colliding near a star visible to the...

Space: The Solar System
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Neptune's moon Triton fosters rare icy union - Neptune's Moon Triton Fosters Rare Icy Union      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers using the Gemini Observatory explore Neptune's largest moon Triton and observe, for the...

Space: The Solar System
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Icy giant planets in the laboratory - Icy Giant Planets in the Laboratory: A New Frontier in Planetary Science      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Giant planets like Neptune may contain much less free hydrogen than previously assumed. Researchers...

Space: Structures and Features
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'Closest black hole' system found to contain no black hole - Closest Black Hole System Found to Contain No Black Hole      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In 2020, astronomers reported the closest black hole to Earth, located just 1000 light-years away in...

Space: Structures and Features
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Dark matter is slowing the spin of the Milky Way's galactic bar - Dark Matter is Slowing the Spin of the Milky Way's Galactic Bar      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

For 30 years, astrophysicists have predicted such a slowdown, but this is the first time it has been...

Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Like a molten pancake - Like a Molten Pancake: Understanding the Formation of Exoplanets      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Why magma flowed along a curved pathway during the 2018 eruption of a Galapagos volcano is explained...

Space: Structures and Features
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Classifying exoplanet atmospheres opens new field of study - Classifying Exoplanet Atmospheres Opens New Field of Study      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An international team of researchers examined data for 25 exoplanets and found some links among the...

Space: Structures and Features
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Younger exoplanets are better candidates when looking for other Earths - Younger Exoplanets: The Key to Finding Other Earths      (via sciencedaily.com) 

As the scientific community searches for worlds orbiting nearby stars that could potentially harbor...

Space: Structures and Features
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To find a planet, look for the signatures of planet formation - To Find a Planet, Look for the Signatures of Planet Formation      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Finding forming planets is a tough but important job for astronomers: Only three planets have ever b...