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Space: The Solar System
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An ancient Mayan Copernicus - An Ancient Mayan Copernicus: The Revolutionary Astronomer of Mesoamerica      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Ancient hieroglyphic texts reveal Mayans made major discovery in math and astronomy, a researcher su ...

Space: The Solar System
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Eyeing up Earth-like planets - Eyeing up Earth-like planets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Almost 2000 exoplanets have been discovered to date, ranging from rocky Earth-like planets to hot-Ju...

Space: The Solar System
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NASA's Cassini reveals surprises with Titan's lakes - NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data r...

Space: The Solar System
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Haumea, the most peculiar of Pluto companions, has a ring around it - Haumea, the Most Peculiar of Pluto Companions, Has a Ring Around It      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The trans-neptunian belt contains four dwarf planets, among which Haumea stands out for its extremel...

Space: The Solar System
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Moon orbits third largest dwarf planet in our solar system - Moon Orbits Third Largest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have uncovered a moon orbiting the third largest dwarf planet, 2007 OR10, in the frigid...

Space: The Solar System
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Retired star found with planets and debris disc - Retired Star Found with Planets and Debris Disc      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory has provided the first images of a dust belt...

Space: Exploration
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The lonely giant: Milky Way-sized galaxy lacking galactic neighbors - The Lonely Giant: Milky Way-Sized Galaxy Lacking Galactic Neighbors      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, fewer galaxies were born than expected -- and that could create...

Space: The Solar System
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Pluto's hydrocarbon haze keeps dwarf planet colder than expected - Pluto's Hydrocarbon Haze Keeps Dwarf Planet Colder Than Expected      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the...

Space: The Solar System
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NASA's New Horizons mission reveals entirely new kind of world - NASA's New Horizons Mission Reveals Entirely New Kind of World      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant o...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Tiny cave snail with muffin-top waistline rolls out of the dark in Laos - Tiny Cave Snail with Muffin-Top Waistline Rolls Out of the Dark in Laos      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Recent cave exploration has turned up a tiny, top-heavy snail that glistens under the light of the m...

Biology: Microbiology
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New transporter for recycling of bacterial cell wall found - New Transporter for Recycling of Bacterial Cell Wall Found      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A transporter which some bacteria use to recycle fragments of their cell wall has been discovered. R...