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Bizarre patterns on Venus have scientists puzzledScientists are trying to understand Venus' bright surface formations, called coronae, using new 3D maps.
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The solar system's largest moon may be heating upThe largest moon in the solar system — Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could finally explain it: the moon is heating up.
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Mars looks blue and bruised in surreal new images from Psyche spacecraft — Space photo of the weekOn its way to a metal asteroid, NASA's Psyche probe tested its cameras as it got a gravity assist from the Red Planet.
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One of Neptune's 16 moons is not like the others, James Webb telescope findsNeptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planet’s multibillion-year history.
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Watch a newly discovered, blue-whale-size asteroid fly super close to Earth todayNewly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18). The close approach will be visible to stargazers and can be viewed via livestream.
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Webb and Hubble sink deep into the dazzling Whirlpool Galaxy — Space photo of the weekA striking new image of the Whirlpool Galaxy is helping astronomers solve one of the biggest mysteries in star formation.
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The Milky Way ate a galaxy called Loki, and scientists think they found its bonesAstronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with the Milky Way more than 10 billion years ago.
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Physicists find possible errors in 100-year-old model of the universeThe universe may not be perfectly uniform after all, a new series of papers hints. If confirmed, this could upend a nearly 100-year-old model of cosmology.
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Eruption blows hole in sun's atmosphere, unleashing solar flare and potentially triggering northern lightsThe sun has erupted with a moderate M5.7 solar flare and a coronal mass ejection that could trigger a northern lights display.
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