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Planetary Science

Scientists Identify Never‑Seen Alloy in Hiroshima Blast Debris

Rare Hillsborough Meteorite Shows Salty Brines and Diverse Amino Acids

Compact X‑Ray Telescope Could Map the Moon’s Surface Chemistry in Months to Years

Study Finds Earth’s Phosphorus and Nitrogen Came From the Inner Solar System

Deep Pacific Core Flow Reversed Around 2010, Study Finds

Antarctic Ice Links Supernova Dust to the Solar System’s Passage Through a Nearby Cloud

NASA Plans First Lunar Fire Experiment to Guide Artemis Safety

USC Team’s Memristor Works Reliably at 700°C in Peer-Reviewed Breakthrough

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

Perseverance Records First Direct Evidence of Martian Electrical Activity

Study Recasts Deep-Mantle Anomalies as Remnants of a Core-Contaminated Magma Ocean

Lab Experiments Reveal Planets Can Make Water From Hydrogen–Magma Reactions

Study Pinpoints Microbial Colonization of Finland’s Lappajärvi Impact Crater

Mars’s Winter Polar Vortex Triggers Seasonal Ozone Buildup, Scientists Report

Lab Simulations Show Trapped Vapor Cracks Ice to Propel Cryovolcanism on Europa and Enceladus

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