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Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...
This video depicts a simulation of millions of small solar system objects that astronomers said the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will discover in the next 10 years. Video via Jake Andrew Kurlander/ ...
An artistic rendering of the ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter in the foreground and JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter in the background near Mercury. Spacecraft: ESA / ATG medialab; Mercury: NASA / ...