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Gigantic 'spiderwebs' on Mars are the next big target for NASA's Curiosity rover, agency reveals
Curiosity has just finished the latest leg of its 12-year Mars mission and will now set out to explore miles of web-like ...
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Origins: Where Are the Aliens?
These planets are relatively small in size and in mass. A terrestrial planet has a solid rocky surface, with metals deep in its interior. In the solar system, these planets are closer to the sun ...
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Boost for Mars life? Red Planet's magnetic field may have lasted longer than thought
A planet like Earth has an iron-nickel core that comes in two parts, a solid inner core and a molten outer core. When any terrestrial planet is born, its core is entirely molten, and the solid ...
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Terrestrial Planets Are the Rocky Planets of the Solar System
A terrestrial planet's surface is sloped and carved with topographical features like mountains, valleys and canyons due to volcanic activity, shifting tectonic plates and in Earth's case ...
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Angry Planet
What if Earth were furious with humanity? What if revolutionaries took their cues from an unruly planet? Anne ...
Earth parts ways with its temporary ‘second moon’
A temporary “mini- moon ” orbiting the Earth for the last two months drifted away on Tuesday, resuming its journey around the ...
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Earth Bids Goodbye to Its 'Mini-Moon,' as Astronomers Investigate Where Our Planet's Asteroid Companion Came From
After almost two months of companionship, Earth has just lost its “mini-moon.” On Monday, the asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 was ...