Space
Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons
If a migrating exoplanet dragged a Europa-like moon closer to its host star, the moon鈥檚 icy shell could melt into liquid oceans and breathable air
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Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago
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Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice
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Icy Enceladus鈥檚 tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths
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Earth鈥檚 greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history
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Earth
Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system’s history
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Saturn’s flying saucer moon Atlas has a smooth fluffy edge
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Mars’s atmosphere hosts metal layers that shouldn’t exist
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Space
NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts
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Physics
Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation
Models suggest Mars should be up to twice the mass of Earth, but it鈥檚 only one-tenth that, and Jupiter鈥檚 effects on the nascent solar system could be to blame
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Environment
NASA orbiter shows Mars lost 90 per cent of its CO2 to space
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Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing
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Physics
Electrified sand could explain Titan鈥檚 odd backward-facing dunes
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Enigmatic plumes from Saturn鈥檚 moon caused by cosmic collision
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