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This Is a Baby Earth Growing in a Star’s Protoplanetary Crib

This Is a Baby Earth Growing in a Star’s Protoplanetary Crib

Where DO baby planets come from? Well, this observation of a young sun-like star sporting a ringed protoplanetary disk holds the answer.
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Dr. Ian O'NeillApr 4
Um, So That Flyby Comet Was Quite a Bit Bigger Than We Thought

Um, So That Flyby Comet Was Quite a Bit Bigger Than We Thought

Comets can be tricky. These interplanetary vagabonds often appear from the furthest-most reaches of the solar system, popping-up…
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Dr. Ian O'NeillMar 28
Ceres’ ‘Mystery’ Bright Spot Looks More and More Like an Ice Volcano

Ceres’ ‘Mystery’ Bright Spot Looks More and More Like an Ice Volcano

After a year of speculation since NASA’s Dawn mission arrived in orbit around dwarf planet Ceres, we may be coming close to answer as to…
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Dr. Ian O'NeillMar 28
The Discovery Channel Telescope Got Personal With an Incoming Comet

The Discovery Channel Telescope Got Personal With an Incoming Comet

Not one, but two comets have just flown past Earth, one of which was the third closest comet flyby to occur in recorded history. Both…
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Dr. Ian O'NeillMar 22
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If Pluto Has an Ocean, Could There Be Life?

If Pluto Has an Ocean, Could There Be Life?

Despite being so far from the sun, tiny Pluto, which is smaller than Earth’s moon, has had an active geologic life from the start, one that…
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Discovery NewsMar 17
What Carved a Chunk Out Of Pluto’s Icy Crust?

What Carved a Chunk Out Of Pluto’s Icy Crust?

Pluto has proven itself to be a diverse, dynamic and fascinating world packed with strange phenomena that planetary scientists are having…
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Dr. Ian O'NeillMar 14
Inside Jeff Bezos’ Secret Rocket Factory

Inside Jeff Bezos’ Secret Rocket Factory

At the end of the road in an industrial area in the Seattle suburb of Kent looms a half-block of fenced-in hangar-like buildings with no…
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Discovery NewsMar 14
Aches, Pains, Appreciation: Scott Kelly Reflects On His Amazing Year In Space

Aches, Pains, Appreciation: Scott Kelly Reflects On His Amazing Year In Space

His muscles are sore, his joints ache, he’s fatigued and his skin is super-sensitive, the first U.S. astronaut to spend almost a year in…
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Discovery NewsMar 5
Hey, Aliens, What Are You Looking At?

Hey, Aliens, What Are You Looking At?

What if an advanced alien civilization saw our planet across the interstellar expanse and switched on their powerful radio transmitters to…
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Dr. Ian O'NeillMar 4
Large-ish Meteor Hits Earth… But No One Notices

Large-ish Meteor Hits Earth… But No One Notices

If a space rock hits the atmosphere, and no one is around to hear it, does the tabloid press still report it as an Earth-shattering event…
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Dr. Ian O'NeillFeb 25
Why All The Fuss Over Gravitational Waves?

Why All The Fuss Over Gravitational Waves?

We now live in a universe that we know is humming with gravitational waves.
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Dr. Ian O'NeillFeb 17
Mark Watney Would Approve: Ordnance Survey Maps Mars

Mark Watney Would Approve: Ordnance Survey Maps Mars

The British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has created a map of the Martian surface using precision NASA data — and it’s beautiful.
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Dr. Ian O'NeillFeb 17
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