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Space: The Solar System
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Mars seismic deployment lays groundwork for future planetary missions - Mars Seismic Deployment Lays Groundwork for Future Planetary Missions      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

About 1000 days after the Mars InSight mission deployed SEIS, the first seismometer on the red plane...

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Enormous flare from sun's nearest neighbor breaks records - Enormous Flare from Sun's Nearest Neighbor Breaks Records      (via sciencedaily.com) 

On May 1, 2019, researchers observed a record-setting flare from the star Proxima Centauri -- a burs...

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How Mars lost its oceans - How Mars Lost Its Oceans: The Story of a Drying Planet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

It has long been known that Mars once had oceans due in part to a protective magnetic field similar...

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Hope for present-day Martian groundwater dries up in new study - Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up in New Study      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Liquid water previously detected under Mars' ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage,...

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Twilight observations reveal huge storm on Neptune - Twilight Observations Reveal Huge Storm on Neptune      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Striking images of a storm system nearly the size of Earth have astronomers doing a double-take afte...

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Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water - Astronomers Discover Two Exoplanets That May Be Mostly Water      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are 'water worlds,' pl...

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Magnetic fields on the moon are the remnant of an ancient core dynamo - Magnetic Fields on the Moon: The Remnant of an Ancient Core Dynamo      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A long discussed theory about the local magnetic spots of the moon suggests that they are the result...

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Apollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon's early history - Apollo Rock Samples Reveal Key Moments in the Moon's Early History      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key eve...

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Astronomers provide 'field guide' to exoplanets known as hot Jupiters - Astronomers Provide a Comprehensive Guide to Hot Jupiters      (via sciencedaily.com) 

By combining Hubble Space Telescope observations with theoretical models, a team of astronomers has...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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NASA's InSight lander detects stunning meteoroid impact on Mars - NASA's InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last Dec. 24, but scientists learned only lat...

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Researchers enlist robot swarms to mine lunar resources - Researchers Enlist Robot Swarms to Mine Lunar Resources      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Building a base on the moon was once something out of science fiction, but now scientists are starti...

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Newly-discovered planet is hot, metallic and dense as Mercury - Newly-Discovered Planet: A Hot, Metallic, and Dense World      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury -- situated 339 light years aw...

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Great valley found on Mercury - Great Valley Found on Mercury: A New Discovery in Our Solar System      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have discovered a new large valley on Mercury that may be the first evidence of buckling...