Bright areas on Ceres suggest geologic activity

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If you could fly aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the surface of dwarf planet Ceres would generally look quite dark, but with notable exceptions. These exceptions are the hundreds of bright areas that stand out in images Dawn has returned. Now, scientists have a better sense of how these reflective areas formed and changed over time -- processes indicative of an active, evolving world.
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Hubble's Celestial Snow Globe

A Hubble Space Telescope View of Globular Cluster M79

It's beginning to look a lot like the holiday season in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a blizzard of stars, which resembles a swirling snowstorm in a snow globe. The stars are residents of the globular star cluster Messier 79, or M79, located 41,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Lepus. The cluster is also known as NGC 1904.

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Unravelling the mysteries of extragalactic jets

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Researchers have mathematically examined plasma jets from supermassive black holes to determine why certain types of jets disintegrate into huge plumes.
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Hubble's celestial snow globe

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It's beginning to look a lot like the holiday season in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a blizzard of stars, which resembles a swirling snowstorm in a snow globe. The stars are residents of the globular star cluster Messier 79 (also known as M79 or NGC 1904), located 41,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Lepus.
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Electrical and chemical coupling between Saturn and its rings

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A Langmuir probe, flown to Saturn on the Cassini spacecraft, has made exciting discoveries in the atmosphere of the planet. They discovered that there is a strong coupling, both chemically and electrically, between the atmosphere of Saturn and its rings.
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Life's building blocks observed in spacelike environment

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Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and carbohydrates. But a second possibility is that they originated in space, possibly within our solar system. A new study shows that a number of small organic molecules can form in a cold, spacelike environment full of radiation.
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Graphene spin transport takes a step forward towards applications

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Researchers have predicted and demonstrated a giant spin anisotropy in graphene, paving the way for new spintronic logic devices.
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Water without windows: Capturing water vapor inside an electron microscope

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Scientists were able to demonstrate another way of viewing biological samples at high resolution, explains a new report.
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Telescopes team up to study giant galaxy

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Astronomers have used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of material blasting away from a black hole 55 million times more massive than the Sun.
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New CERN facility can help medical research into cancer

A Glimpse of Oumuamua

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Astronomers have discovered a passing rock from another star — the first interstellar asteroid.
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Trump Announces That the Moon Is Astronauts’ Next Destination

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The presidential directive called for partnership with other nations and commercial companies but did not offer details about schedule or cost.
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Trilobites: New Pacific Island Could Resemble Ancient Martian Volcanoes

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An explosive volcanic eruption in 2014 resulted in a new addition to the Tonga Islands. Its shifting landscape could help scientists studying Mars.
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