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World Without Time

by R. Cowen 31 December 20156 January 2023

On New Year's Day 2019, a spacecraft known for its historic flyby of Pluto will take an unprecedented look into the distant past by flying right up to a frozen remnant of the original solar system.

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Exoplanets: First Baby Pictures Unveiled

by R. Cowen 3 December 20152 May 2023

New observations of stars hundreds of light-years from Earth reveal evidence of planets still surrounded by disks of the primordial materials they grow from.

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Earth's Water Came from Space Dust During Planetary Formation

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 23 November 201510 January 2023

A new analysis of lava from the deep mantle indicates that water-soaked dust particles, rather than a barrage of icy comets, asteroids, or other bodies, delivered water to the newly forming Earth.

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Dawn Spacecraft Enters into Orbit Around Dwarf Planet Ceres

by Randy Showstack 9 March 201517 February 2023

A 16-month investigation of the dwarf planet Ceres could reveal a lot about the most massive body in the asteroid belt and could advance our understanding of the formation of terrestrial planets.

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"Knobby Terrain" a Sign of Mars's Explosive Past

by E. Betz 27 February 201517 February 2023

Newly identified knobby terrain related to ancient volcanoes on Mars hint that pyroclastic ash and rock flowed down slopes early in the red planet's history.

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Tiny Mineral Grains Could Drive Plate Tectonics

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 24 February 20157 July 2025

Scientists turn to granular scales to explain how plate tectonics may have evolved billions of years ago.

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Probing Exoplanet Interiors Through Lab Simulations

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 28 January 201522 May 2023

Laser-driven experiments on silica help scientists learn more about planetary formation and evolution.

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Tectonic Events May Have Triggered the Cambrian Explosion

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 18 November 201430 January 2023

A researcher proposes a tectonic mechanism that could have helped drive one of the biggest evolutionary events in history: the Cambrian Explosion.

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