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Space: The Solar System
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MAVEN's top 10 discoveries at Mars - MAVEN's Top 10 Discoveries at Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Since its launch in November 2013 and its orbit insertion in September 2014, MAVEN has been explorin...

Space: Structures and Features
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Secret embraces of stars revealed by Alma - Secret Embraces of Stars Revealed by ALMA      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Unlike our Sun, most stars live with a companion. Sometimes, two come so close that one engulfs the...

Geoscience: Landslides
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Ancient landslide destroyed area size of Cincinnati - Ancient Landslide Destroyed Area Size of Cincinnati      (via sciencedaily.com) 

University of Cincinnati geologists reconstructed a massive landslide in Nevada that wiped out an ar...

Environmental: Ecosystems Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Microbial miners could help humans colonize the moon and Mars - Microbial Miners: The Key to Colonizing the Moon and Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The biochemical process by which cyanobacteria acquire nutrients from rocks in Chile's Atacama Deser...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon - A First: Scientists Grow Plants in Soil from the Moon      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have, for the first time, grown plants in soil from the Moon. They used soil collected du...

Space: The Solar System
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Engineers test an idea for a new hovering rover - Engineers Test an Idea for a New Hovering Rover      (via sciencedaily.com) 

MIT aerospace engineers are testing a concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the...

Space: The Solar System
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Jupiter's moon has splendid dunes - Jupiter's Moon Has Splendid Dunes: A Fascinating Discovery      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter's innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as an...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Sound recording made of dust devils (tiny tornadoes of dust, grit) on Mars - Sound Recording Made of Dust Devils on Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

When the rover Perseverance landed on Mars, it was equipped with the first working microphone on the...

Space: Exploration
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The craters on Earth - The Craters on Earth: A Fascinating Look into the Planet's History      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A two-volume atlas presents and explains the impact sites of meteorites and asteroids worldwide. ABS...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Earliest humans stayed at the Americas 'oldest hotel' in Mexican cave - Earliest Humans Stayed at the Americas' Oldest Hotel in Mexican Cave      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A cave in a remote part of Mexico was visited by humans around 30,000 years ago - 15,000 years earli...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Caves tell us that Australia's mountains are still growing - Caves Tell Us That Australia's Mountains Are Still Growing      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Research shows Buchan Caves to be about 3.5 million years old and that Victoria's East Gippsland has...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Secrets of Namibia's fairy circles demystified: Plants self-organize - Secrets of Namibia's Fairy Circles Demystified: Plants Self-Organize      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia's fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boi...