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Astrophysics picture of the day for November 18, 2019 How do stars form? To help find out, astronomers created this tantalizing false-color composition of dust clouds and embedded newborn stars in... See more
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NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa
Scientists have evidence that one of these ingredients, liquid water, is present under the icy surface of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and may sometimes erupt into space in huge geysers. Now scientists...
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