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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

Lunar rock shows the moon’s magnetic field lasted a billion years longer than we thought, which may help us understand how planets keep their protective fields

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Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

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Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

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Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

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Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Finding the first pulsar set my world spinning

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First exomoon might have been spotted 4000 light years away

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First exomoon might have been spotted 4000 light years away

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Underwater sand dunes

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Earth's underwater dunes help explain Venus's weird surface

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Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system

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Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system

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Sea of Ligeia Mare

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Titan's conditions could be just right to power US-sized colony

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Why Morocco loves its meteorites

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Why Morocco loves its meteorites

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The moon's surface

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Our young moon’s supersonic winds made waves in its magma ocean

Just after it was formed, the moon’s magma ocean would have steamed out a sodium atmosphere on the hot, Earth-facing side, creating dramatic winds

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Uranus's crooked, messy magnetic field might open and shut daily

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Weird orbits hint 'Planet Ten' might lurk at solar system edge

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Humans

8 Minutes: How to dance the speed of light

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How Jupiter split the asteroid belt in two shows its great age

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