Universe Today has recently had the privilege of investigating a myriad of scientific disciplines, including impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, solar physics, comets, planetary atmospheres, planetary geophysics, cosmochemistry, meteorites,…
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Universe Today has investigated the importance of studying impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, and astrobiology, and what these disciplines can…
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Edward Stone is retiring after 50 years as Project Scientist for the Voyager mission. The twin spacecraft revolutionized our understanding…
Scott Alan Johnston (that's me!) joined the Universe Today team just over a year ago. Since then, I've written over…
Rome was the world's first mega-empire. At its height it stretched from Western Europe to the Middle East, and over…
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