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Lab Experiments Recreate Mercury Magma to Show Sulfur Lowers Crystallization Temperatures

The results point to sulfur‑driven magmatism in an oxygen‑poor state on Mercury.

Hayabusa2’s Ryugu Samples Confirm All Five DNA/RNA Bases, Pointing to Space-Born Formation Clues

Ubiquitous Carbon Film Found to Control Static Charge Flow on Insulating Oxides

Astronomers Publish Evidence of Planetary Collision Around Sun-Like Star

Astronomers Tie Distant Star’s Chaotic Fading to Evidence of a Planetary Collision

New Experiments Suggest Earth’s Core Holds Nine to 45 Oceans’ Worth of Hydrogen

Far-Side Moon Samples Link South Pole–Aitken Impact to Lunar Asymmetry

MIT Team Finds Potassium-40 Anomaly That Points to Surviving Proto‑Earth Mantle

Oxford Study Challenges Asteroid Theory of Earth's Water Origin

Study Reveals Why Carbon-Rich Meteorites Rarely Reach Earth