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Mars’ Plate Tectonics May Make Life More Likely
As it turns out, Mars and Earth may be more similar than previously thought in one momentous way: Mars...
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A Week on Mars: Curiosity Rover Settles in for Long Martian Haul
After a full week on the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is celebrating with a little rest and...
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What Makes a Monster Star?
In 2010, observers reported the most massive stars ever seen, exceeding what many astronomers thought was a ceiling around...
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Scientists ‘Spot’ Dark Matter Near the Sun
An international team of researchers have developed a new technique to measure dark matter, using a state-of-the-art simulation of...
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Largest Map of Universe Yet Captures 1 Million Galaxies
The largest 3D map yet of the universe’s huge galaxies and bright black holes may serve as a springboard...
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Curiosity Lands Safely: ‘Wheels Down on Mars’
Curiosity, the largest and most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet, stuck its extraordinary landing in triumphant and...
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Mysterious Black Hole Type Perplexes, Bewilders
Billions of times the mass of our own sun, so-called massive black holes present a baffling mystery with clues...
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Star’s ‘Cry’ Heralds New Era for Testing Relativity
Last year, astronomers discovered a quiescent black hole in a distant galaxy that erupted after shredding and consuming a...
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A Step-By-Step Guide to the Mars Rover Landing Plan
At 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5, after nearly nine months of travel, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission (with...
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Higgs Boson Results From LHC ‘Get Even Stronger’
The Higgs boson-like particle whose discovery was announced on 4 July looks significantly more certain to exist. The particle...