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NASA Successfully Landed Its Digging Robot on Mars

11.26.18

By Becky Ferreira
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Scientists Discover ‘Super-Earth’ That’s Only Six Light Years Away

11.14.18

By Becky Ferreira
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What’s That Weird Cloud That’s Been Looming Over Mars for Weeks?

10.26.18

By Becky Ferreira
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Scientists Think Europa’s Equator Might Be Covered in 45-Foot-Tall Ice Spears

10.09.18

By Becky Ferreira
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NASA’s Launching a Lander That Will Dig on Mars

05.04.18

By Becky Ferreira
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Pluto Has Towers of Ice 1,600 Feet Tall

01.08.17

By Samantha Cole
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Earth’s Core Is Squirting a ‘Jet Stream’ of Liquid Metal Under the Surface

12.21.16

By Grennan Milliken
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Scientists Discovered a New Dwarf Planet at the Edge of Our Solar System

10.11.16

By Madison Margolin
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Mars Was Once Home to 400-Foot-High Waves Caused by Meteor Impacts

05.19.16

By Becky Ferreira
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NASA Deciding Between Saving Earth From Asteroids or Studying Gases on Venus

10.01.15

By Jason Koebler
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A Collision Between Mini-Moons May Have Formed One of Saturn’s Outer Rings

08.17.15

By Becky Ferreira
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08.10.12

By Michael Byrne

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