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Jupiter's hefty twin found just 12 light years away

Jupiter's hefty twin found just 12 light years away

28 March 2018

A Jupiter-like planet has been found orbiting a star just 12 light years from Earth, making it the closest confirmed gas giant found outside our solar system
Gooey nitrogen ice may make Pluto’s crater-free heart look young

Gooey nitrogen ice may make Pluto’s crater-free heart look young

27 March 2018

The surface of Sputnik Planitia, part of a heart-shaped plain on Pluto, has no craters at all. They may have been filled in by soft, flowing nitrogen ice

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