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NASA's new Mars mission: These twin satellites could reveal how the Red Planet lost its atmosphere

Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA satellites will launch together ...
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Aging stars destroy their planets more often than we thought: What does this mean for Earth?

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...
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Archaeologists find 'unique' blood-red gemstone at Roman fort beyond Hadrian's Wall

Archaeologists discovered the engraved gemstone at Bremenium, a fort north of Hadrian's Wall. Excavations at a Roman fort in ...

How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of

Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.