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Many mysteries remain unanswered, even in our solar system's backyard. There are volcanic-looking formations on Venus, but it's unclear if they're active. The landscape of Mars shows that a large

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The first audio captured on Mars indicates two sound speeds.

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According to scientists, the first audio recordings from Mars depict a peaceful planet with periodic gusts of wind where two differing speeds of sound would

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Organic Materials in Martian Meteorites are Formed by Geochemical Interactions Between Water and Rock, not by Biological Processes

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According to a new study conducted by Carnegie's Andrew Steele and published in Science, organic compounds identified in a meteorite that crashed to Earth from

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Hubble Discovers a Dwarf Galaxy with a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation

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Black holes, which are sometimes depicted as deadly creatures that enslave light, take on a less evil role in new research from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Rather than devouring stars,

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The Temperature of the Young Universe is Revealed by the Shadow of a Cosmic Water Cloud

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Only 880 million years after the Big Bang, an international team of astrophysicists has developed a new method for estimating the cosmic microwave background temperature

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Calculating the Temperature Inside the Moon to Assist in the Discovery of Its Inner Structure

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Little is known about the Moon's interior structure, but a University of Rhode Island scientist achieved a significant breakthrough when she conducted studies that allowed

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In the Far Reaches of the Universe, Astronomers have Discovered a Massive Galaxy ‘Shipyard’

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Even galaxies despise being alone. While astronomers have long known that galaxies tend to cluster and form groups, the process of moving from formation to companion groupings has remained a

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Scientists Have Devised a New Method for Determining the Chemistry of the Moon’s Soil

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The Apollo 17 mission, which took place in 1972, was NASA's final mission to the Moon. These astronauts returned some lunar soil to Earth so

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In the Star Cluster Palomar 5, Astronomers have Discovered an Unusually Large Population of Black Holes

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Palomar 5 is a one-of-a-kind nebula. This is due to the fact that it is one of the “fluffiest” clusters in our Galaxy's halo, with

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The Feeding of Galaxies’ Supermassive Black Holes Is Demonstrated in a New Simulation

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According to a new high-powered simulation, galaxies' spiral arms are responsible for sweeping up gas to fuel their center supermassive black holes. The simulation, which began at Northwestern University, is