Missing-link in planet evolution found

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For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a 1.3 km radius body at the edge of the Solar System. Kilometer sized bodies like the one discovered have been predicted to exist for more than 70 years. These objects acted as an important step in the planet formation process between small initial amalgamations of dust and ice and the planets we see today.
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To catch a wave, rocket launches from top of world

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On Jan. 4, 2019, at 4:37 a.m. EST the CAPER-2 mission launched from Norway. The rocket flew through active aurora borealis, or northern lights, to study the waves that accelerate electrons into our atmosphere.
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Stars shrouded in iron dust

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Astronomers have found a group of stars very poor in metals and shrouded in a high fraction of iron dust, situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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