Protein precursors can form in cosmic dust clouds
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Astronomy
Soon, astronauts might fly farther from Earth than ever before
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A planetary scientist explains how we can stalk this smoking wreckage
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Europa’s seafloor might be “too quiet” to support life
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“It’s a milestone in solar physics”
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Violent star blasts pointed to a huge cosmological surprise
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“The galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets”
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Visual evidence of our planet’s curvature is relatively recent
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A new look at the cluster offers evidence of a dramatic space crash
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New research points to a wide band of particles, invisible to telescopes
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