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Mars rover makes epic climb to explore some of the oldest rocks in the Solar System
Washington DC After a months-long climb up the side of a crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has…
Targeted mRNA therapy tackles deadly pregnancy condition in mice
Download the Nature Podcast 11 December 2024 In this episode: 00:45 A potential treatment for pre-eclampsia Researchers have…
A featherweight baby planet is fading away with age
A young planet named HIP 67522 b is one of the lowest-density worlds ever spotted1. Access options Access…
The first rocks from the Moon’s far side are in this geologist’s hands
On 25 June, Li Chunlai watched eagerly as a capsule carrying the first pieces of the far side…
Has Venus ever had an ocean? Its volcanoes hint at an answer
Venus has probably been dry, both inside and on its surface, for all of its history1. Access options…
Fossilized faeces helps explain dinosaurs’ rise to dominance
Download the Nature Podcast 27 November 2024 In this episode: 00:50 Fossilized faeces give news insights into dinosaurs’…
This dwarf planet might have its very own ice volcano
The dwarf planet Makemake, which chills out in the deep freeze of the outer Solar System, might be…
Bacteria found on a space rock turn out to be Earth-grown
Be wary of claims of alien life in samples from space, say researchers who found traces of Earthly…
Newborn planet found in a warped system
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 20 November 2024 The disk of dust and gas that forms a planet can also block…
Ice-giant planet was having a bad day when Voyager came calling
For almost 40 years, scientists thought Uranus had a bizarre magnetosphere — the area dominated by its magnetic…