Space
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Atom & Cosmos
Buckyballs may abound in space, plus the latest on planets and solar siblings in this week's news.
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The best next space missions
The National Research Council issues recommendations for planetary science projects that NASA and NSF should fund starting in 2013.
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Stellar wormholes may exist
Tunnels through spacetime would connect pairs of stars, new simulations suggest.
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A bid to implode cosmic ray theory
Streams of fast-moving particles aren’t fueled just by supernovas, a new study suggests.
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Sun’s doldrums likely to last
Despite a recent flare, solar physicists project low activity for up to a decade.
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Atom & Cosmos
Scientists calculate the right mix of dark matter to build a galaxy, plus Kleopatra’s twins and an electric Encaledus in this week’s news.
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Atom & Cosmos
New measurements give the farthest look yet into the universe, plus more in this week's news.
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‘Deep Impact’ comet revisited
NASA takes pictures of Tempel 1 five years after shooting it with a probe.
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Black holes take light for a spin
Reseearchers say they have found a way to directly observe the existence of spinning black holes.
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Milky Way munched on galactic snack
The galaxy appears to have gobbled up stars from another galaxy 700 million years ago, and may still have an appetite.
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