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Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery
A young neutron star is probably the source of a strange repeating signal previously tracked to a dwarf galaxy 2.4 billion light years away
Huge impact could have smashed early Earth into a doughnut shape
Many rocky worlds may have spent time as a newly named planetary form called a synestia – a loosely connected blob of molten rock and dust with a dented middle
A Whole New Jupiter: First Science Results from NASAâs Juno Mission
Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant.
Juno probe peers below Jupiter's clouds
Scientists say the Solar System's biggest planet is showing itself to be far more complex than anyone thought.
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