Topic: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
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Solar flares: Be glad you're on Earth, not Mars (+video)
The recent solar flares provide a dramatic backdrop for a study that shows Mars gets far more of its atmosphere stripped away by solar storms than does Earth. Thank you, magnetosphere.
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Where did Earth's water come from? Comet Hartley 2 offers new clues.
The composition of comet Hartley 2 suggests that comets might have been a bigger source of Earth's water than previously thought. It's also challenging models of solar system formation.
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Asteroid Vesta: surface of huge asteroid has mysterious dark spot
Asteroid Vesta has been coming into focus as NASA's Dawn probe comes in for close-up photos, but a mysterious dark spot has scientists scratching their heads.
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Asteroid collision possibly spotted by Hubble telescope
Asteroid collision: The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted an odd X shape in our solar system's asteroid belt, in what could be the first image of an asteroid collision in space.
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