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NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
The Curiosity shows sulfur stones, with no explanation of how they occurred on the Martian surface.
Supermassive black holes bent the laws of physics to grow to monstrous sizes
Scientists may have cracked one of the biggest mysteries in space science, determining that supermassive black holes bent the laws of physics to grow to their huge sizes.
Whatever happened to the 'potentially habitable' planet Gliese 581g (and d and f)?
From being the most Earth-like planet known to being consigned to the trash bin, the story of Gliese 581g is a precautionary tale for exoplanet hunters.
'There are lots of mysteries in our backyard': Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles
"We have been calling Uranus an ice giant, but we don't really know its nature."
Somewhere in the multiverse, dark energy is helping stars and life form
The strength of dark energy in our universe is not optimized for forming stars, which means other universes might have a greater likelihood of producing life.
Scientists find extremely young exoplanet orbiting star with a wonky disk
NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting spacecraft found the youngest transiting world yet, and the exoplanet's star has a wonky planetary disk.
Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures sharpest views yet of sun's surface (images)
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution views of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views of our well-studied star.
'Superhighways' connecting the cosmic web could unlock secrets about dark matter
Giant filaments crisscross the universe, connecting galaxy clusters like superhighways between cities. But due to their complex shapes, they are stubbornly difficult to measure.
