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NASA’s MAVEN Detects Rare Solar Wind Effect in Mars Atmosphere
NASA’s MAVEN orbiter has detected the Zwan-Wolf effect on Mars for the first time. The discovery suggests solar wind interactions on unmagnetized worlds are more complex than scientists once believed.
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Scientists Develop Swarm Robots to Explore Hidden Lava Tubes on Mars
Scientists are developing biomimicry-inspired robots to explore enormous lava tubes beneath Mars. The underground caves could preserve signs of life and potentially shelter future human explorers from harsh Martian radiation.
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Mysterious Stacked Rocks Spotted by NASA Perseverance Rover on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover photographed a strange rock formation on Mars that appears to show three stacked rocks. Scientists believe wind and ancient water activity likely shaped the unusual structure over millions of years.
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Mars Experienced Catastrophic Flooding 3.5 Billion Years Ago, Reshaping Planet's Surface
The new images highlight how dramatically different Mars' climate and geology were during its early history.
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Scientists Solve Venus Cloud Puzzle Using Simple Fluid Dynamics
Scientists discovered that a giant atmospheric wave on Venus behaves like a hydraulic jump seen in kitchen sinks. The process may explain the planet’s enormous sulfuric acid cloud front and its unusually fast atmospheric super rotation.
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Scientists Predict Venus-Jupiter Close Encounter In June After May Alignment
The two planets will reach their closest point during a conjunction on 9 June 2026.
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Uranus’ Outer Rings May Reveal Hidden Moons, Scientists Say
New observations of Uranus reveal its outer rings contain ice and organic material, suggesting hidden moonlets. The findings offer new clues about the planet’s ring system and the formation of its mysterious satellites.
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Why Jupiter Has Four Giant Moons While Saturn Has Just One, Study Explains
Scientists suggest the strong magnetic field of Jupiter created regions for multiple large moons to form, unlike Saturn. The findings could reshape how astronomers search for exomoons in distant planetary systems.
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'Forbidden Planet' The Size Of Jupiter That Shouldn't Exist In Theory Baffles Scientists
TOI 5205b is called a 'forbidden planet' as it defies current astronomical theories about planetary formation.
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Russia Plans Venera-D Mission to Venus in 2036 With Lander, Orbiter, and Balloon Probe
Russia plans to launch the Venera-D mission to Venus in 2036. The mission will include an orbiter, balloon probe and lander to study Venus’s atmosphere, clouds and surface, while searching for possible microbial life and continuing the legacy of Soviet Venus exploration.
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Scientists Trace Rare Cosmic Outburst to a Massive Planetary Collision Around Gaia20ehk
Astronomers have reported evidence of two planets colliding around a distant Sun-like star, Gaia20ehk, located about 11,000 light-years away. The star's light output remained steady until 2016, when it exhibited three minor dimming events; by 2021, the light curve reportedly "went completely bonkers." Follow-up infrared observations revealed a burs...
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Dramatic Planet Collision In Distant Galaxy May Explain How Earth's Moon Was Formed 4.5 Billion Years Ago
Scientists observe a dramatic collision between two planets, offering insights into the formation of Earth's Moon 4.5 billion years ago.
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Study Space Weather Between Earth and Mars
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will send two identical orbiters to Mars to study how solar wind and space weather strip away the planet’s atmosphere. Launching in 2025 and arriving in 2027, the twin spacecraft will measure solar wind conditions and Mars’s atmospheric response simultaneously, helping scientists understand how the Red Planet lost its ...
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Scientists Discover High-Density Rocky Planet in LHS 1903 System That Defies Conventional Formation Models
ESA’s CHEOPS mission has uncovered a surprising rocky planet at the outer edge of the LHS 1903 system. Located 116 light-years away, the discovery defies expectations that outer planets are gas giants. Scientists say the finding offers rare evidence that planets can form in gas-depleted environments, challenging current planetary formation models...
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Astronomers Discover "Inside-Out" Planetary System With Rocky World Beyond Gas Planets, Challenging Formation Theories
Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.
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NASA’s MAVEN Detects Rare Solar Wind Effect in Mars Atmosphere
NASA’s MAVEN orbiter has detected the Zwan-Wolf effect on Mars for the first time. The discovery suggests solar wind interactions on unmagnetized worlds are more complex than scientists once believed.
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Scientists Develop Swarm Robots to Explore Hidden Lava Tubes on Mars
Scientists are developing biomimicry-inspired robots to explore enormous lava tubes beneath Mars. The underground caves could preserve signs of life and potentially shelter future human explorers from harsh Martian radiation.
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Mysterious Stacked Rocks Spotted by NASA Perseverance Rover on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover photographed a strange rock formation on Mars that appears to show three stacked rocks. Scientists believe wind and ancient water activity likely shaped the unusual structure over millions of years.
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Mars Experienced Catastrophic Flooding 3.5 Billion Years Ago, Reshaping Planet's Surface
The new images highlight how dramatically different Mars' climate and geology were during its early history.
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Scientists Solve Venus Cloud Puzzle Using Simple Fluid Dynamics
Scientists discovered that a giant atmospheric wave on Venus behaves like a hydraulic jump seen in kitchen sinks. The process may explain the planet’s enormous sulfuric acid cloud front and its unusually fast atmospheric super rotation.
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Scientists Predict Venus-Jupiter Close Encounter In June After May Alignment
The two planets will reach their closest point during a conjunction on 9 June 2026.
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Uranus’ Outer Rings May Reveal Hidden Moons, Scientists Say
New observations of Uranus reveal its outer rings contain ice and organic material, suggesting hidden moonlets. The findings offer new clues about the planet’s ring system and the formation of its mysterious satellites.
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Why Jupiter Has Four Giant Moons While Saturn Has Just One, Study Explains
Scientists suggest the strong magnetic field of Jupiter created regions for multiple large moons to form, unlike Saturn. The findings could reshape how astronomers search for exomoons in distant planetary systems.
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'Forbidden Planet' The Size Of Jupiter That Shouldn't Exist In Theory Baffles Scientists
TOI 5205b is called a 'forbidden planet' as it defies current astronomical theories about planetary formation.
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Russia Plans Venera-D Mission to Venus in 2036 With Lander, Orbiter, and Balloon Probe
Russia plans to launch the Venera-D mission to Venus in 2036. The mission will include an orbiter, balloon probe and lander to study Venus’s atmosphere, clouds and surface, while searching for possible microbial life and continuing the legacy of Soviet Venus exploration.
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Scientists Trace Rare Cosmic Outburst to a Massive Planetary Collision Around Gaia20ehk
Astronomers have reported evidence of two planets colliding around a distant Sun-like star, Gaia20ehk, located about 11,000 light-years away. The star's light output remained steady until 2016, when it exhibited three minor dimming events; by 2021, the light curve reportedly "went completely bonkers." Follow-up infrared observations revealed a burs...
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Dramatic Planet Collision In Distant Galaxy May Explain How Earth's Moon Was Formed 4.5 Billion Years Ago
Scientists observe a dramatic collision between two planets, offering insights into the formation of Earth's Moon 4.5 billion years ago.
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Study Space Weather Between Earth and Mars
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will send two identical orbiters to Mars to study how solar wind and space weather strip away the planet’s atmosphere. Launching in 2025 and arriving in 2027, the twin spacecraft will measure solar wind conditions and Mars’s atmospheric response simultaneously, helping scientists understand how the Red Planet lost its ...
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Scientists Discover High-Density Rocky Planet in LHS 1903 System That Defies Conventional Formation Models
ESA’s CHEOPS mission has uncovered a surprising rocky planet at the outer edge of the LHS 1903 system. Located 116 light-years away, the discovery defies expectations that outer planets are gas giants. Scientists say the finding offers rare evidence that planets can form in gas-depleted environments, challenging current planetary formation models...
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Astronomers Discover "Inside-Out" Planetary System With Rocky World Beyond Gas Planets, Challenging Formation Theories
Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.
