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Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

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There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity.

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about ... the ozone layer," Sato said. "We also know that the aurora phenomenon can create what we call gravity waves, which ...

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A new study reveals that the Earth's inner core is undergoing a structural transformation. A new study by USC scientists, ...

Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.