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Reshaping of Venus: High-Energy Cosmic Collisions May Have Powered Ancient Volcanism
Study: High-energy collisions in Venus’ past may have created a superheated core, triggering long-lasting volcanism and planetary resurfacing.
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Scientists Discover Massive 6,000-Mile-Long Water Plume Escaping Saturn’s Moon
Scientists detect massive 6,000-mile-long plume of water vapor escaping from Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, revealing its potential habitability.
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Encounters Giant Swirling Waves at the Edge of Jupiter’s Magnetosphere
NASA’s Juno spacecraft discovers swirling waves at the boundary between Jupiter’s magnetosphere and the solar wind, revealing energy transfer mechanisms.
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JUICE Spacecraft’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph Begins Operations: Initial Data Collection
JUICE Spacecraft’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph captures first data, studying Jupiter’s icy moons and their potential habitability.
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Phosphorus, a Crucial Element for Life, Discovered on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Scientists discover phosphorus, a crucial element for life, in the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, increasing the potential for …
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NASA is inviting everyone to join its groundbreaking Lucy mission and create their own time capsule! For the first time…