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Space: The Solar System
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Is salt the key to unlocking the interiors of Neptune and Uranus? - Is Salt the Key to Unlocking the Interiors of Neptune and Uranus?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The interiors of several of our Solar System's planets and moons are icy, and ice has been found on...

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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What if mysterious 'cotton candy' planets actually sport rings? - What if Mysterious 'Cotton Candy' Planets Actually Sport Rings?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Some of the extremely low-density, 'cotton candy like' exoplanets called super-puffs may actually ha...

Space: Structures and Features
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Baked meteorites yield clues to planetary atmospheres - Baked Meteorites Yield Clues to Planetary Atmospheres      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In a novel laboratory investigation of the initial atmospheres of Earth-like rocky planets, research ...

Geoscience: Geology Space: The Solar System
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Asteroid findings from specks of space dust could save the planet - Asteroid Findings from Specks of Space Dust Could Save the Planet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revea ...

Paleontology: Dinosaurs
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Study refutes claim that T. rex was three separate species - Study Refutes Claim that T. Rex was Three Separate Species      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study refutes a provocative claim made earlier this year that fossils classified as the dinosa...

Space: Astronomy Space: General Space: Structures and Features
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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...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Traces of ancient ocean discovered on Mars - Traces of Ancient Ocean Discovered on Mars      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Ma...

Space: Structures and Features Space: The Solar System
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Martian meteorite upsets planet formation theory - Martian Meteorite Upsets Planet Formation Theory      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth ...

Space: The Solar System
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Mercury's scorching daytime heat may help it make its own ice at caps - Mercury's Scorching Daytime Heat May Help It Make Its Own Ice at Caps      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Despite Mercury's 400-degree Celsius daytime heat, there is ice at its caps. And now a study shows h...

Space: The Solar System
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Astronomer searches for signs of life on Wolf 1061 exoplanet - Astronomer Searches for Signs of Life on Wolf 1061 Exoplanet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have located the habitable zone, the region where water could exist on the surface of a...

Space: Structures and Features Space: The Solar System
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Look! Up in the sky! Is it a planet? Nope, just a star - Look! Up in the Sky! Is it a Planet? Nope, Just a Star      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Among thousands of known exoplanets, astronomers have flagged three that are actually stars. ABSTRAC...