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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Humans

    Blog: Remembering Sally Ride

    Astronomy writer Nadia Drake looks back on the astronaut’s reach.

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  2. Space

    Crowd sourcing comes to astronomy

    Researchers comb the Internet for snapshots of a comet and use the collected images to calculate its orbit.

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  3. Space

    Black hole theory deepens lithium crisis

    A new proposal suggests a potential new source of the element as astrophysicists try to explain why it’s in such short supply.

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  4. Cosmology

    Inflation on Trial

    Generally regarded as one of the most successful theories about the early universe, inflationary cosmology is not exactly under attack. But a few scientists are questioning whether it deserves its reputation as completely untouchable.

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  5. Astronomy

    Hubble spots fifth Pluto moon

    Space telescope’s discovery announced on Twitter.

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  6. Space

    Moon patterns explained

    Electric fields enveloping magnetic bubbles may form mysterious lunar swirls.

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  7. Space

    Dark matter filament illuminated

    Astronomers visualize a connection in a shadowy cosmic network that is thought to pervade the universe.

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  8. Physics

    Essay: Nature’s secrets foretold

    Higgs discovery celebrates math's power to make predictions about the real world.

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  9. Space

    Early stars created a sight yet unseen

    Radio telescopes, operating in the future at a different frequency, might be able to discern the stellar signature, researchers suggest.

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  10. Space

    American Astronomical Society Meeting

    Highlights from the 220th AAS meeting held June 10-14 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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  11. Astronomy

    Giant celestial disk hard to explain

    A star's oversized debris ring challenges theories of planet formation.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Destination Mars

    New Explorations of the Red Planet by Rod Pyle

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