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  1. Physics

    Particle physicists chasing ghosts

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

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  2. Chemistry

    Meteorites contain chemicals linked to life

    Space rocks could have delivered DNA building blocks to Earth.

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  3. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Oxygen molecules in space, Earth’s second moon, a mission to Jupiter and more in this week’s news.

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  4. Space

    New hints of saltwater on Mars

    Seasonal patterns consistent with briny seeps on the Red Planet, a new study concludes.

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  5. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Trojan asteroids, black hole interactions and a gargantuan watering hole in this week’s news.

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  6. Space

    Magnetic waves bake the sun’s corona

    New observations may explain why the sun’s outer atmosphere is so blazing hot.

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  7. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    A solar sneeze, a superhot planet, the death of a comet and more in this week’s news.

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  8. Space

    Going where no Mars rover has gone before

    NASA's next Mars mission, Curiosity, will land in the Red Planet's Gale Crater.

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  9. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Runaway planets, the return of Neptune and tricky antineutrinos in this week’s news.

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  10. Space

    Dawn on Vesta

    New image from NASA asteroid mission reveals a relic of the early solar system.

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  11. Space

    Lighting the universe

    Scientists rethink what the first stars were like and how they formed.

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  12. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    A Saturnian storm, an asteroid visit, a leaky Betelgeuse and more in this week's news.

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