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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Astronomy

    Radio telescope images reveal nebula’s heart of carbon

    ALMA takes detailed look at elements surrounding dying star.

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  2. Astronomy

    The sun’s older twin, 250 light-years away

    Almost twice as ancient, the distant star gives a glimpse of the sun's future.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Titan becomes even more enigmatic

    Thick, rigid crust of ice encases Saturn's largest moon, perplexing scientists.

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  4. Earth

    Map tracks path of dust plume from Chelyabinsk meteor

    Satellite data capture how the jet stream pushed particles through the planet's atmosphere.

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  5. Planetary Science

    Shergottite SHER-goh-tite n.

    Shergottite is the most common kind of Martian meteorite.

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  6. Cosmology

    Everlasting light

    Remnant glow of ancient stars offers glimpse of universe's past.

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  7. Astronomy

    ‘Space beads’ push back origins of iron working

    Ancient Egyptians used advanced techniques to make beads out of 'metal from the sky.'

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  8. Astronomy

    To determine stars’ physical traits, Kepler sees the light

    Measuring stellar brightness can yield useful estimates of stars' size and evolutionary stage, and help in the hunt for planets.

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  9. Astronomy

    Pictures of young star show unusual outbursts

    Ejections from stellar newborn move faster and in different directions than astronomers thought.

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  10. Planetary Science

    NASA gives up on fixing Kepler

    Space telescope’s days as a premier planet hunter are over.

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  11. Space

    Belief in multiverse requires exceptional vision

    If you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist. That’s an old philosophy, one that many scientists swallowed whole. But as Ziva David of NCIS would say, it’s total salami. After all, you can’t see bacteria and viruses, but they can still kill you. Yet some scientists still invoke that philosophy to deny the scientific status […]

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  12. Astronomy

    Magnetic field of black hole measured

    Pulsar near Milky Way’s center makes first assessment of this type possible.

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