NASA's Kepler confirms 100+ exoplanets during its K2 mission

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Scientists report the largest haul of confirmed planets - tallying more than a hundred -- since NASA's Kepler space telescope switched from staring into one patch of sky to detecting planets along a much larger portion of the Milky Way. Among the confirmed is a planetary system comprising four promising planets that could be rocky.
via Science Daily
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A glimpse inside the atom

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Scientists have calculated how it is possible to look inside the atom to image individual electron orbitals.
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What lies beneath

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ESA’s Venus Express reveals details on Venus’ surface by studying > patterns of clouds in its thick atmosphere
via ESA Space Science
http://sci.esa.int/venus-express/58085-what-lies-beneath-venus-surface-revealed-through-the-clouds/

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Nameless and ancient

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Space Science Image of the Week: Ancient areas of Mars are peppered with impact craters similar to this unnamed pit in Noachis Terra, viewed by ESA’s Mars Express
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/07/Mars_Express_spies_a_nameless_and_ancient_impact_crater