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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Long-lost Martian glaciers, ozone on Venus and more in this week’s news.

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  2. Astronomy

    Star goes boom, telescopes zoom

    Astronomers have spotted a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, the nearest such stellar explosion in decades.

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  3. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Planets born with off-kilter orbits, the planet formerly known as a star and more in this week's news.

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  4. Space

    Flying on Sunshine

    Once futuristic visions, solar sails now take off.

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  5. Space

    Asteroid sample nails meteorite source

    Dust returned from space by the Hayabusa mission shows where most space rocks landing on Earth originate.

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  6. Astronomy

    Galactic bull’s-eye came naturally

    A strange cosmic object isn't the result of a galactic crash, a new study suggests.

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  7. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    White dwarfs' last dance and predicting sunspots in this week's news.

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  8. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Glimmers of dark matter in the Milky Way, galaxies giving birth and more in this week’s news.

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  9. Tech

    Growing need for space trash collectors

    On April 2, for the fifth time in less than three years, the International Space Station fired its engines to dodge a piece of orbital debris that appeared on a collision path. Other spacecraft also regularly scoot out of the way of rocket and satellite debris. Such evasive action will be needed increasingly frequently, a new study finds.

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  10. Planetary Science

    White dwarfs gobble Earthlike treats

    Astronomers have found elements in the dead stars’ atmospheres that suggest rocky planetary bodies once orbited the stars.

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  11. Physics

    Particle physicists chasing ghosts

    Wispy neutrinos could one day explain why matter dominates the universe.

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  12. Chemistry

    Meteorites contain chemicals linked to life

    Space rocks could have delivered DNA building blocks to Earth.

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