Category: Planetary Science
28 October 2010
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No Lack of Exo-Earths Out There
Extrapolating from the seen to the unseen, astronomers give assurances that Earth-sized planets abound
8 October 2010
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ScienceShot: Mars's Grand Canyon
Huge chasm brims with signs of ancient water flows
29 September 2010
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Astronomers Find Most Earth-like Planet to Date
Potentially habitable world lives right in our galactic neighborhood
16 September 2010
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Moon Hit With a Double Whammy of Impacts
NASA lunar orbiter's first year of data provides surprises, new questions
20 August 2010
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ScienceShot: Martian Volcano Mud May Have Hosted Life
Outflows may have harbored water and other organic ingredients
12 August 2010
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Stars Steal Their Planet's Moons
Astronomer predicts that many of the alien worlds detected so far will be moonless
6 August 2010
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Beneath the Surface, the Moon Is Dry as a Bone
Chlorine content of lunar rock samples indicates little chance of water
23 July 2010
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Earth as an Extrasolar Planet
Astronomers successfully test a technique that could be used to find life beyond our solar system
22 July 2010
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ScienceShot: The Core of Neptune, Here on Earth
Researchers seek to replicate the ultrahigh temperatures and pressures of the outer planets
15 July 2010
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ScienceShot: A Jupiter-Sized 'Comet'
Gusts of stellar winds give distant planet a tail
4 July 2010
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Moon's Craters Hold Clues to the Lunar Interior
Lunar orbiter finds possible similarities between the moon's and Earth's mantles
25 June 2010
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The Moon Rings That Never Were
Despite an initial inference, planetary scientists say there are no rings around Saturn's moon Rhea
18 June 2010
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ScienceShot: Lonely Planet Orbits Nearly Ten Times Farther Out Than Pluto
Discovery challenges current models of solar system formation
16 June 2010
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ScienceShot: Jupiter Impact Left No Mark
Object that struck planet 2 weeks ago vaporized instead of exploding
13 June 2010
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Did a Deep Sea Once Cover Mars?
River deltas suggest a large, ancient ocean, but not all experts are convinced
11 June 2010
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ScienceShot: Mars's Frozen Water Cycle
New model details how water could have cycled on ancient Mars despite subzero temperatures
10 June 2010
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Giant Planet Found Lurking in Stellar Haze
Find suggests that massive planets can form rapidly
9 June 2010
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Is Our Solar System Still Making Moons?
Models suggest that Saturn's ring satellites are recent creations
11 May 2010
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ScienceShot: Flash Floods Make Gems on Titan
Cassini radar surveys reveal fields of clear "stones" of water ice
26 April 2010
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ScienceShot: Decades-Old Soviet Reflector Spotted on the Moon
Find will help test Einstein's theory of relativity
21 April 2010
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ScienceShot: A Psychedelic Sun
NASA observatory captures sun in extreme ultraviolet
13 April 2010
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Some Planets Play a Mean Game of Pool
Six giant worlds may have wreaked havoc in their solar systems
12 April 2010
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Earth-Like Planets May Abound in the Milky Way
Dying stars reveal the chemical signatures of rocky worlds
6 April 2010
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ScienceShot: A Brown Dwarf's Mysterious Companion
Object may represent new type of celestial body
9 March 2010
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ScienceShot: Midget Stars Dance Close
Mysterious pair could be generating gravity waves
5 March 2010
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ScienceShot: Phobos Has a Cheesy Interior
Martian moon may be porous, according to space probe's data
2 February 2010
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The 2011 Science Budget Roundup
Science funding rises despite discretionary budget freeze
26 January 2010
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Some Solar Storms Start With a Twist
Spiraling magnetic fields can foreshadow dangerous flares
25 January 2010
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Jupiter Moon Whipped Into Shape by a Beating
Finding explains odd disparity between two jovian satellites
20 January 2010
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Earth Can Shake Up Asteroids, Too
Distorting encounters turn asteroids inside out
5 January 2010
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Hubble Spots Oldest Galaxies Yet
Researchers also discover why the Milky Way's black hole is a light eater
4 January 2010
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Five New Exoplanets Run the Gamut From Styrofoam to Ice
"Fluffy" Jupiters and a Neptune-like world bring astronomers closer to an extrasolar Earth
23 December 2009
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How Some Stars Stay Young
Old stars are rejuvenated by consuming their neighbors
16 December 2009
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Dust Bedevils Mars Much More Often Than Believed
New study shows that dust devils occur frequently, but often don't leave traces
9 December 2009
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Dark Matter Discovered? Don't Bet on It
A team is about to announce a possible detection of dark matter, but experts say the evidence will likely be unclear
30 November 2009
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Do Titan's Lakes Migrate South for the Winter?
Orbital cycles of Saturn's moon could be causing lakes to pull up stakes
25 November 2009
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Milky Way Grew by Swallowing Other Galaxies
Findings contradict previous assumptions about galaxy formation
16 November 2009
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Birth of a (Magnetic) Heavyweight
Observations show how magnetic fields guide the emergence of a massive new star
12 November 2009
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A Shortcut for Detecting Alien Worlds
Lithium-depleted stars are much more likely to host solar systems
9 October 2009
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Moon Impact: NASA Plays Down Lack of Fireworks
Observers don't see debris plume, but LCROSS scientists press onward
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