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Why there may be oceans inside dwarf planets beyond Pluto – and what this means for the likely abundance of life

Earth was long thought to be the only planet in our Solar System with an ocean, but it is beginning to look as though there are underground oceans...

04.04.2024 3

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Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the Moon still recognisable inside our planet?

Scientists have dated the birth of the Solar System to about 4.57 billion years ago. About 60 million years later a “giant impact” collision...

10.11.2023 7

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Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research

Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior...

02.10.2023 1

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