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Space: The Solar System
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Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories - Surprisingly Dense Exoplanet Challenges Planet Formation Theories      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New detailed observations reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a young star in the Hyades cluster, tha...

Space: The Solar System
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First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds - First Exposed Planetary Core Discovered Allows Glimpse Inside Other Worlds      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The surviving core of a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a distant star, offering an unprecede...

Space: The Solar System
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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...

Space: The Solar System
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Missing-link in planet evolution found - Missing-Link in Planet Evolution Found      (via sciencedaily.com) 

For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a 1.3 km radius body at the edge of the Solar Sys...

Space: The Solar System
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The super-Earth that came home for dinner - The Super-Earth That Came Home for Dinner      (via sciencedaily.com) 

It might be lingering bashfully on the icy outer edges of our solar system, hiding in the dark, but...

Space: The Solar System
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Possible clouds on Pluto, next target is reddish - Possible Clouds on Pluto: Next Target is Reddish      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Stern said that Pluto's complex, layered atmosphere is hazy and appears to be mostly free of clouds,...

Space: The Solar System
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Giant planet ejected from the solar system? - Giant Planet Ejected from the Solar System: Is It Possible?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have gi...

Space: The Solar System
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New exoplanet too big for its star challenges ideas about how planets form - New Exoplanet Too Big for Its Star Challenges Ideas About How Planets Form      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The discovery of a strange exoplanet orbiting very close to a small cool star 500 light years away i...

Space: The Solar System
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Dawn spacecraft delivers new image of dwarf planet Ceres - Dawn Spacecraft Delivers New Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres      (via sciencedaily.com) 

As NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across,...

Space: The Solar System
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Harsh space weather may doom potential life on red-dwarf planets - Harsh Space Weather May Doom Potential Life on Red-Dwarf Planets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Life in the universe might be even rarer than we thought. Recently, astronomers looking for potentia...

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 Space: The Solar System
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How icy outer solar system satellites may have formed - How Icy Outer Solar System Satellites May Have Formed      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune, there are a multitude of icy and rocky small bodies, smaller ...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Spotted: An exoplanet with the potential to form moons - Spotted: An Exoplanet with the Potential to Form Moons      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New high-resolution observations clearly show a moon-forming region around exoplanet PDS 70c. The ob...

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Where were Jupiter and Saturn born? - Where Were Jupiter and Saturn Born?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New work reveals the likely original locations of Saturn and Jupiter. These findings refine our unde...

Space: The Solar System
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Evidence supports 'hot start' scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto - Evidence Supports 'Hot Start' Scenario and Early Ocean Formation on Pluto      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans w...

Space: The Solar System
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Pluto's 'heart' sheds light on possible buried ocean - Pluto's 'Heart' Sheds Light on Possible Buried Ocean      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Ever since NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto last year, evidence has been mounting that t...

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Black-legged tick genome deciphered - Black-Legged Tick Genome Deciphered: A Breakthrough in Lyme Disease Research      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have deciphered a comprehensive, continuous genome for a parasite responsible for transmi...