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Study Maps Coastal Shelf on Mars, Strengthening Case for Ancient Ocean

The Nature paper shifts the search from fleeting shorelines to long-lived shelves.

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Study Finds Lunar Polar Ice Built Up Over Billions of Years

Perseverance Finds Record Nickel in Mars Bedrock That Bolsters Case for Ancient Habitability

Hubble Spots First Known Comet Spin Reversal

NASA Sets 2028 Launch for SR-1 Freedom, a Nuclear-Powered Mars Demo

Study Finds Magnetic “Cavity” Between Earth and Moon That Shields Low‑Energy Cosmic Rays

NASA Orbiter Spots Rare New 225-Meter Crater on the Moon

ESA Unveils JUICE Video of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Oldest Direct Evidence Shows Earth's Plates Were Moving 3.5 Billion Years Ago

Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

Cracks in Bennu’s Boulders Solve OSIRIS‑REx Thermal Mystery

JWST Helps Reveal Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d

Ryugu Samples Contain All Five DNA and RNA Bases, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Oxford-Led Team Proposes New Exoplanet Class With Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Orbit Around the Sun

ALMA Finds Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Strikingly Methanol‑Rich With Unusual Outgassing

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

ALMA Reveals 3I/ATLAS Is Exceptionally Methanol‑Rich, Indicating a Heterogeneous Interstellar Comet

Webb Data Confirms Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Safely Fly Past the Moon in 2032

DART Impact Measurably Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Orbit Around the Sun, Study Confirms