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Space: Exploration
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Satellites contribute significant light pollution to night skies - Satellites Contribute Significant Light Pollution to Night Skies      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around th ...

Space: The Solar System
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Astronomers discover new distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune - Astronomers Discover New Distant Dwarf Planet Beyond Neptune      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet orbiting in the disk of small icy worlds beyond Neptu ...

Environmental: Ecosystems Geoscience: Geology Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Dune patterns reveal environmental change on Earth and other planets      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have analyzed the shifting patterns of entire dune fields on Earth and Mars, as seen fro...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Space Space: Exploration Space: Structures and Features Space: The Solar System
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Life after death: Astronomers find a planet that shouldn't exist      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The star would have inflated up to 1.5 times the planet's orbital distance -- engulfing the planet i ...

Space: Astronomy Space: Cosmology Space: General Space: Structures and Features Space: The Solar System
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Giant planets cast a deadly pall      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors aroun...

Offbeat: Space Space: Astronomy Space: Astrophysics Space: Cosmology Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Giant swirling waves at edge of Jupiter's magnetosphere      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A team has found that NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling w ...

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Mysterious mini-Neptunes      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

This study discovered mini-Neptunes around four red dwarfs using observations from a global network...

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The origins of dark comets      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our ...

Space: The Solar System
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Brief presence of water in Arabia Terra on Mars - Brief Presence of Water in Arabia Terra on Mars      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists recently discovered that water was once present in a region of Mars called Arabia Terra....

Space: The Solar System
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New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered - New Branch in Family Tree of Exoplanets Discovered      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have classified exoplanets in much the same way that biologists identify new animal spec...

Space: The Solar System
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Tiny moon shadows may harbor hidden stores of ice - Tiny Moon Shadows May Harbor Hidden Stores of Ice      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once su...

Space: The Solar System
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New limit on the definition of a planet proposed - New Limit on the Definition of a Planet Proposed      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A planet can be no bigger than about 10 times the size of Jupiter, an astrophysicist has calculated....

Space: The Solar System
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Venus might be habitable today, if not for Jupiter - Venus Might Be Habitable Today, If Not for Jupiter      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit arou ...

Space: The Solar System
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Saturn's moon Mimas: A 'snowplough' in the planet's rings - Saturn's Moon Mimas: A 'Snowplough' in the Planet's Rings      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have shown that Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, acted as a kind of remote snowplough, push...

Space: The Solar System
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Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say - Pluto Should Be Reclassified as a Planet, Experts Say      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research. ABSTRACT: Pluto Sho...

Space: The Solar System
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Massive comet-like object pollutes atmosphere of a white dwarf - Massive Comet-Like Object Pollutes Atmosphere of a White Dwarf      (via sciencedaily.com) 

For the first time, scientists have witnessed a massive object with the makeup of a comet being ripp...

Space: The Solar System
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Largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight years - Largest Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Detected in Eight Years      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Twilight observations have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in th...