A newly discovered giant valley on the planet Mercury makes the Grand Canyon look tiny by comparison. The expansive valley holds an important key to the geologic history of the …read more Source:: Science
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NASA moon mission shares insights into giant impacts
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•New results from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission are providing insights into the huge impacts that dominated the early history of Earth’s moon and other solid worlds, …read more Source:: Science
New record for fusion: Giant leap in pursuit of clean energy
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•Scientists and engineers recently made a leap forward in the pursuit of clean energy. The team set a new world record for plasma pressure in an Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear …read more Source:: Science
Possible formation site of icy giant planet spotted
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•A number of extrasolar planets have been found in the past two decades and now researchers agree that planets can have a wide variety of characteristics. However, it is still …read more Source:: Science
Hubble detects giant ‘cannonballs’ shooting from star
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•NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star. The plasma balls are zooming so …read more Source:: Science