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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Space

    Bouncing sands explain Mars’ rippled surface

    A new study finds that dunes and ridges can form without much wind on the Red Planet.

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  2. Space

    A new VISTA on stellar birthplace

    A high-resolution panoramic image of the Orion star-forming region bodes well for the success of a new telescope dedicated to surveying large areas of the cosmos at infrared wavelengths.

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  3. Space

    Pluto blushes red

    Newly released Hubble images of Pluto show an abrupt and unexplained color change.

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  4. Space

    Ancient dawn’s early light refines age of universe

    Satellite images reveal new aspects of Big Bang’s relic radiation.

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  5. Space

    Mars rover Spirit still running, but only in place

    Six years into its 90-day mission, NASA’s rover becomes a lander

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  6. Space

    New-star shine wearing off in nearby galaxy

    A galactic collision a billion years ago may have halted stellar formation by exhausting gaseous building blocks.

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  7. Astronomy

    Astronomy Meeting Highlights

    Follow the links below for Science News' complete coverage of the American Astronomical Society meeting held January 3–7, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

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  8. Space

    Supernova winds blow galaxies into shape

    A new simulation that combines supernova winds with the mysterious material known as cold dark matter almost perfectly accounts for the structure of dwarf galaxies in nearby reaches of the universe.

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  9. Space

    Saving the Earth with dynamical simulations

    A new model suggests how protoplanets kept a safe distance from the sun.

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  10. Space

    Gamma-ray burst may reveal some of oldest dust in the universe

    Remote flash may have uncovered supernova-generated dust from just 1 billion years after the Big Bang

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  11. Space

    WISE sees its first stars

    NASA's new infrared observatory is ready for action.

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  12. Space

    Not too soon to announce possible earliest galaxies known

    BLOG: Press briefing fails to announce preliminary findings of what could be the most distant galaxies seen yet.

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