Earth’s meteorology could explain what’s behind the great red whorl’s waning.
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Astronomy
A superhero plant that could thrive on the Red Planet.
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Post-apocalyptic star systems could reveal the fate of our own.
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How our inhospitable neighbor can help us find life elsewhere.
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Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years?
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Inside the hunt for habitable planets.
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Bright ideas from astronomy’s biggest stars haven’t always worked out.
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What a missing element can teach us about the universe.
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Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
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The importance of feeling small and insignificant.
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