Planets
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SpaceDeveloping planet emerges in a swirl of gas
Images of a young star 520 light-years away show a spiral of gas and dust swirling around it. A twist inside the spiral appears to be a planet forming.
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TechWiggly wheels might help rovers plow through loose lunar soils
New design lets wheels ascend hills too steep for regular robots and paddle through loose soils without getting stuck.
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PlanetsPlanets with hydrogen skies could harbor life
Microbes can live in a hydrogen atmosphere. This points to new space worlds that host alien life.
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PlanetsLet’s learn about Jupiter
This gas giant is home to a massive storm that has lasted hundreds of years. It’s also surrounded by dozens of moons.
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EarthWeight lifting is this planetary scientist’s pastime
Beck Strauss uses magnetic fields to explore the makeup of Earth and other planets.
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SpaceScientists Say: Gas giant
These gargantuan planets, such as Jupiter and Saturn, are mostly made up of hydrogen and helium gas.
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PlanetsGlass beads help scientists puzzle out how baby planets grow
Researchers have mimicked the first stages of planet formation in the lab. All they needed were glass beads and a catapult.
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PlanetsAstronomers spot new type of storm on Saturn
These storms are bigger and longer lasting than squalls but not nearly as massive as this planet's Great White Spots.
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PlanetsSaturn now reigns as the solar system’s ‘moon king’
Saturn now boasts at least 82 moons, surpassing Jupiter’s 79 natural satellites.
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PlanetsDoes the moon influence people?
Unless you believe in werewolves (and you shouldn’t), there are few compelling data to suggest the moon has a big effect on people.
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PlanetsSpotted: An exoplanet where it might rain
A planet outside the solar system appears to have clouds with liquid water.
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PlanetsPhysics Nobel rewards discoveries on cosmic evolution and exoplanets
This trio of scientists helped figure out the makeup of our universe. Two of them also identified the first known exoplanet orbiting a sunlike star.