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Space: The Solar System
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Venus, if you will, as seen in radar with the Green Bank Telescope - Venus, if you will, as seen in radar with the Green Bank Telescope      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Recently, by combining the highly sensitive receiving capabilities of the National Science Foundatio...

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Exomoons may be home to extra-terrestrial life - Exomoons: A Potential Home for Extra-Terrestrial Life      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research looks at the possibility of moons outside our solar system causing gaps in the rings of...

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On the quest for other Earths - On the Quest for Other Earths: The Search for Habitable Exoplanets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An international research team has developed a new method for directly imaging smaller planets in th ...

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'Cold Neptune' and two temperate super-Earths found orbiting nearby stars - Cold Neptune and Two Temperate Super-Earths Found Orbiting Nearby Stars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A 'cold Neptune' and two potentially habitable worlds are part of a cache of five newly discovered e...

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'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto - Plutoid: The New Name for Solar System Objects Like Pluto      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets lik ...

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New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered - New Branch in Family Tree of Exoplanets Discovered      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have classified exoplanets in much the same way that biologists identify new animal spec...

Space: Structures and Features
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Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere - Heaviest Element Yet Detected in an Exoplanet Atmosphere      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere -- barium. Th...

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New research reveals secret to Jupiter's curious aurora activity - New Research Reveals Secret to Jupiter's Curious Aurora Activity      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Jupiter's polar cap is threaded in part with closed magnetic field lines rather than entirely with o...

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Study sheds new light on strange lava worlds - Study Sheds New Light on Strange Lava Worlds      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In a new study, scientists have shown that sweeping molten oceans have a large influence on the obse...

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NASA, ULA launch Lucy Mission to ‘fossils’ of planet formation - NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched from Cape Canaveral...

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Series of bumps sent Uranus into its sideways spin, new research suggests - Series of Bumps Sent Uranus into Its Sideways Spin, New Research Suggests      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it something of an oddball in our solar system. The accepted wisdom...

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Uranus may have two undiscovered moons - Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoverie...

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Could more of Earth's surface host life? - Could More of Earth's Surface Host Life?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Of all known planets, Earth is as friendly to life as any planet could possibly be -- or is it? If J ...

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Scientists solve 40-year mystery over Jupiter's X-ray aurora - Scientists Solve 40-Year Mystery Over Jupiter's X-Ray Aurora      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers combined close-up observations of Jupiter's environment by NASA's satellite Juno, which...

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Mercury gets a meteoroid shower from Comet Encke - Mercury Gets a Meteoroid Shower from Comet Encke      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The planet Mercury is being pelted regularly by bits of dust from an ancient comet, a new study has ...

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Topsy-turvy motion creates light switch effect at Uranus - Topsy-Turvy Motion Creates Light Switch Effect at Uranus      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Uranus' magnetosphere, the region defined by the planet's magnetic field and the material trapped in ...