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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    An asteroid's star turn, a 520-day mission to nowhere and the brightest millisecond pulsar ever.

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  2. Space

    Mars’ history is a fluid situation

    Recent data from two spacecraft suggest the planet was mostly dry and cold, with a wet, warm subsurface.

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  3. Space

    The Drake Equation: All in the family

    On November 1, the formula for estimating the abundance of extraterrestrial life in our galaxy celebrates its 50th birthday. It’s known as the Drake equation for its creator, Frank Drake, who is also my father.

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  4. Space

    Moony shot

    Cassini fits four Saturnian satellites in one frame.

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  5. Space

    Chronicles of Lutetia

    The surprising composition and terrain of an asteroid may provide a variety of lessons about the solar system.

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  6. Space

    Critics take aim at fast neutrinos

    Lack of energy trail suggests faster-than-light finding was miscalculated.

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  7. Space

    HiRISE clocks hurricane-speed winds on Mars

    Orbiting camera measures swirling gusts in dust devils.

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  8. Space

    European Planetary Science Conference and AAS Division for Planetary Sciences

    News from a joint conference held October 2-7 in Nantes, France.

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  9. Space

    Saturn’s rings tell a comet’s tale

    Ripples made by a celestial impact 600 years ago can still be seen today.

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  10. Astronomy

    A Shadowed Past

    Understanding of moon’s earliest days gets even murkier.

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  11. Space

    Miniplanet sports megapeak

    The solar system’s second tallest mountain hides out in a crater at the south pole of the asteroid Vesta.

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  12. Space

    Cosmic acceleration discovery wins physics Nobel

    Three astrophysicists are honored for revealing the universe's accelerating expansion.

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