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Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire
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An ancient, cataclysmic ‘splat’ may have created Pluto’s heart
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A huge heart-shaped ...
Episode 100 — Riding to Space on Virgin Galactic
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On Episode 100 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod welcome back Dr. Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute to ...
Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever
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Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of ...
Defunct NASA mission helps find water on asteroids for first time
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A NASA mission that was retired in 2022 has helped scientists detect water on the surface of two asteroids. Researchers from the ...
See Wild New Close-Up Images of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
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The mutilated surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was revealed in great detail by the Juno spacecraft, which has been exploring the Jovian ...
“We Never Suspected Anything So Bizarre!”
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This image shows the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft ...
‘Puzzling’ discovery spotted in new images from NASA mission’s asteroid flyby
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Dinkinesh, a small ...
Lucy mission spots second asteroid during flyby
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When NASA’s ...
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Makes “Marvelous” Discovery During Asteroid Dinkinesh Flyby
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This image shows the “moonrise” of the satellite as it emerges from behind asteroid Dinkinesh as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance ...
