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Ice layer protected Martian lakes

Mars' Gale Crater today. There may have been a lake there in the past. © NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS There are numerous geological traces of ancient lakes...
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Two cosmic collisions around a nearby star

This artist's impression shows the collision of two planetesimals in the young, developing planetary system Fomalhaut. © Thomas Müller (HdA/MPIA) Astronomers have discovered something new...
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Active galaxy nucleus spews ultrafast winds

For the first time, astronomers have observed ultrafast particle streams during the outburst of radiation from a supermassive black hole. © European Space Agency...
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Exoplanet WASP-121b has a double tail

This is what the hot gas giant WASP-121b could look like with its two tails. © Benoit Gouegeon/University of Montreal When extrasolar gas giants get...
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How stray light from satellites threatens space exploration

Needs as clear and undisturbed a view of the cosmos as possible: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. © dima_zel/iStock/NASA In the next decade, almost all images...
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Fourth type of neutrino is becoming less likely

Interior view of the electrostatic spectrometer in the KATRIN experiment in Karlsruhe, the world's most accurate neutrino "balance". © Michael Zacher/KIT, KATRIN Collaboration Neutrinos are...
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Theia and early Earth were neighbors

Collision of the protoplanet Theia with the young Earth. © MPS/Mark A. Garlick About 4.5 billion years ago, a momentous catastrophe occurred: a protoplanet called...
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Astronomers observe the early phase of a supernova for the first time

When a massive star explodes in a supernova, the geometry of the early phase can reveal a lot about the mechanism. © ESO/L. Calcada When...
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Comet 3I/ATLAS: Unexpected encounter in space

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has just passed its closest point to the sun. Now the JUICE space probe is taking a closer look at...
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X-ray laser reveals new shape of water ice

At room temperature and normal pressure, water molecules are only loosely bound - water is liquid, as seen here. But under high pressure, exotic...
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Martian volcanoes as a source of ice?

Eruptions of Martian volcanoes, here Syrtis Major, may once have created ice deposits near the equator. © ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum) ...
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Fast winds on Mars

A blast of wind on Mars captured by the Trace Gas Orbiter camera. © ESA/TGO/CaSSIS ...
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Quantum tunnels are also macroscopic

The three Nobel Prize winners in 2025 proved for the first time that quantum tunnels are possible on a macroscopic scale. © Johan Jarnestad/The...
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Riddles of the error lights solved

Symbol image for error lights over a wetland. © Kevin McDonald/iStock There are...
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Riddle around the dark energy

Investigations Mittles Desi (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) at the telescope on the Kitt Peak in Arizona should contribute to understanding dark energy. © 4Kodiak/iStock ...
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The hot youth of the moon

His geological early early time was more turbulent than previously thought: when the young moon removed from the earth, he got violent volcanism into...
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Gravitational wave event confirms two theories about black holes

The league detectors in the USA captured the gravitational waves of a fusion of black holes, which confirmed two fundamental theories. © Maggie Chiang/...
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Perseverance rover finds potential biosignature

Close up of the "Leopardflecken" on a rock in the Neretva Vallis river valley on Mars. The minerals and molecules in these spots could...
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What comes after the ISS?

The days of the ISS are numbered. New room stations should take your place in a few years - based on ideas and initiatives...
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Mars could have a solid inner core

The interior of Mars is still not fully developed. © Chiari_vfx/ iStock So...
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