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Uranus, Neptune May Be Magma Worlds, Not Ice Giants
New data suggests Uranus and Neptune may hide molten interiors beneath their icy exteriors
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4 trends tracked about this subject — the full history, oldest to newest below.
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The Soviet Union launched nearly 30 spacecraft at Venus and became the only nation ever to land on its surface and send back pictures — color photographs of a scorched volcanic plain under a yellow-green sky, shot in the few dozen minutes before the heat
Soviet Venus missions resurface in global space race nostalgia—50 years after first landing, their legacy looms over new exploration plans
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Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years
Scientists confirm Earth’s oldest asteroid crater is 3 billion years old—rewriting early planetary history.
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For a decade the Pink Planet was too faint for any ground telescope to study — and when James Webb finally caught its spectrum, the best fit to the light was an atmosphere hazed with salt clouds
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals that the atmosphere of the 'Pink Planet' is composed of salt clouds.