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The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits

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Conceptual illustration of permanently shadowed, shallow icy craters near the...

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Space data relay system shows its speed

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Hubble Uncovers a 'Heavy Metal' Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football

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Artist’s impression of WASP-121b.

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Is your Supercomputer Stumped? There May Be a Quantum Solution

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Is your Supercomputer Stumped? There May Be a Quantum Solution.

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LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light

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LightSail is a citizen-funded project from The Planetary Society to send a small spacecraft,...

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Siberian Smoke Reaches U.S., Canada

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Confirmation of Toasty TESS Planet Leads to Surprising Find of Promising World

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This diagram shows the layout of the GJ 357 system. Planet d orbits within...

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New Recipes for Taking Salt Out of Seawater

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The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination...

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