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Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of ...

Hubble Captures the Giant’s Roaring Storms and Volcanic Moon Io

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured new images of Jupiter on January 5-6, 2024, revealing dynamic weather patterns and notable storms ...

Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Mars Through Formaldehyde

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Researchers from Tohoku University propose that organic materials on Mars might have originated from atmospheric formaldehyde, suggesting the planet’s early ...

Mars Water Mystery Deepens With Latest Groundwater Findings

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A study reveals that ancient Mars had a significantly low groundwater recharge rate, suggesting that despite evidence of water on ...

Galactic Winds of Change Captured by Webb Space Telescope

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Groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal gas wind dispersal in planet-forming disks, advancing our understanding of planet formation dynamics ...

How Water Vapor Is Rewriting the Story of Planet Formation

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Researchers using the ALMA observatory have detected water vapor in the disc around a young star, in a region where ...

NASA discovers possibly habitable ‘super-Earth’

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News By Alyssa Guzman Published Feb. 3, 2024, 6:12 p.m. ET Far-out! NASA has discovered a “super-Earth” that may be ...

Mars Express Reveals Hidden Ice Reserves at Mars’s Equator

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ESA’s Mars Express has provided new insights into Mars’s Medusae Fossae Formation, revealing deep layers of water ice, the largest ...

Earth-Sized Planet Discovered in “Our Solar Backyard”

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Researchers have identified HD 63433d, an Earth-sized planet that is both closer and younger than previously discovered planets of similar ...

Earth’s water might have come from ancient space rocks, meteorite discovery suggests

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Earth and the rest of our solar system’s inner, rocky planets are the products of a myriad of tiny planetesimals ...