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Space: The Solar System
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Jupiter's moon has splendid dunes - Jupiter's Moon Has Splendid Dunes: A Fascinating Discovery      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter's innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as an...

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Dawn spacecraft delivers new image of dwarf planet Ceres - Dawn Spacecraft Delivers New Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres      (via sciencedaily.com) 

As NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across,...

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The quiet Sun is much more active than we thought - The Quiet Sun: More Active Than We Thought      (via sciencedaily.com) 

For a long time, researchers have believed that there is not much of interest going on in the Sun du...

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NASA's New Horizons mission reveals entirely new kind of world - NASA's New Horizons Mission Reveals Entirely New Kind of World      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant o...

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'Dragonfly’ dual-quadcopter aims to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon - Dragonfly’ Dual-Quadcopter: Exploring Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The Dragonfly mission concept would use an instrumented, radioisotope-powered, dual-quadcopter to ex...

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Mounds of ice in craters give new insight into Mars’ past climate - Mounds of Ice in Craters Give New Insight into Mars’ Past Climate      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Newly discovered deposits of layered ice in craters scattered around Mars' southern hemisphere provi...

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Shining a light on Moon’s oldest geologic imprints - Shining a Light on Moon's Oldest Geologic Imprints      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research has found the Moon may have been subjected to much greater impacts from asteroids and o...

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Why we live on Earth and not Venus - Why We Live on Earth and Not Venus      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Compared to its celestial neighbors Venus and Mars, Earth is a pretty habitable place. So how did we...

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Have Venusian volcanoes been caught in the act? - Have Venusian Volcanoes Been Caught in the Act?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Six years of observations by the European Space Agency's Venus Express have shown large changes in t...

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NASA's Cassini reveals surprises with Titan's lakes - NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data r...

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Pluto's hydrocarbon haze keeps dwarf planet colder than expected - Pluto's Hydrocarbon Haze Keeps Dwarf Planet Colder Than Expected      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the...

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Scientists lay out revolutionary method to warm Mars      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Ever since we learned that the surface of planet Mars is cold and dead, people have wondered if ther ...