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Geotimes June 2007 Kathryn Hansen	So, When Did Earth Become Attractive? Ever since Earth's protective field was discovered in 1958, scientists have been wondering when did the planet grow up and become attractive?
Chemistry World September 30, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Messenger Sheds Light on Mercury's Formation NASA's Messenger spacecraft is bringing new understanding to the question of how Mercury formed. The new information looks set to rewrite theories about the birth of the solar system's smallest planet.
Popular Mechanics November 13, 2009 Jeremy Jacquot	NASA Confirms There is Water on the Moon--But Where Did It Come From? By obtaining core samples like the ice cores collected by scientists in the Antarctic, it will be possible for scientists to study the climatic record of the moon and draw comparisons with the Earth's.
Chemistry World July 9, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Water found in Moon rocks US researchers have found water in rocks from the Moon - prompting new questions about its origin.
Geotimes November 2004 Naomi Lubick	Genesis Crashes with Pieces of the Sun The world watched last September as the spacecraft Genesis, launched in 1998, returned to Earth with a crash-landing on Utah's desert floor.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 William Sweet	Do We Need to Go to the Moon to Get to Mars? Returning to the moon is not all that technically challenging. What's challenging is to make it an international effort that puts behind past grievances and sets the stage for a truly challenging international mission to Mars.
Smithsonian December 2006 Eric Jaffe	Clues from a Comet The first mission to collect space matter from beyond the moon offers insights into the solar system's creation.
Geotimes July 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Mercury's Gooey Center Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has a large core, which scientists now know is partially molten and therefore could create a magnetic field around the planet.
Popular Mechanics October 2004 Harrison H. Schmitt	Mining The Moon An Apollo astronaut argues that with its vast stores of nonpolluting nuclear fuel, our lunar neighbor holds the key to Earth's future.
Geotimes July 2007 Carolyn Gramling	X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core.
Chemistry World October 6, 2014 Tim Wogan	Solar wind whips up water on moon The volcanic glasses from the moon's soil let the scientists rule out other ways that water might have been created
Popular Mechanics December 3, 2008 Glenn Harlan Reynolds	Why I Hope There's No Life on Mars If Mars is lifeless, that will make exploring -- and later settling -- the planet much easier.
Chemistry World April 2006 Richard Corfield	The Greenhouse in the Sky? Venus could be the ultimate example of what can happen when an atmospheric greenhouse effect runs away. The European Space Agency's Venus Express probe is focusing on understanding the planet's atmosphere.
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Chemistry World April 16, 2015 Tim Wogan	Early Earth collision could clear up two geological mysteries Two seemingly unconnected geology problems -- the unexpected ratio of two neodymium isotopes in terrestrial rocks and the energy source for the dynamo that creates Earth's magnetic field -- could be solved by a new theory.
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Chemistry World November 10, 2010 Mike Brown	Sulfur story unearths oxygen environment Earth's atmosphere could have supported complex life 400 million years earlier than thought, according to sulfur isotope signatures found in some of the oldest rocks on Earth.
Chemistry World August 28, 2015 Andy Extance	'Fire fountain' data illuminate lunar history The most precise measurements yet of carbon present in volcanic glass samples found on the Moon suggest that the 'fire fountain' lava explosions that formed them were propelled by carbon monoxide.
Geotimes May 2005 Laura Stafford	Saturn's New Moon In a small space between Saturn's rings, scientists discovered a previously unknown moon, currently known as S/2005 S1, from the images sent back to Earth from Cassini less than a year after the spacecraft began orbiting Saturn.
Popular Mechanics January 2009 Michael Milstein	World's Hardiest Organisms to Face 3 Years in Space When a Russian spacecraft sets off late this year to scrape samples of the Martian moon Phobos, at least 10 of Earth's toughest life-forms will be going along for the ride.
Geotimes September 2005 Naomi Lubick	Supercomputer Models Earth's Magnetic Field A team of researchers has made a step toward modeling the Earth's chaotic magnetic field behavior using one of the largest supercomputers on the planet to run the most realistic model yet.
Smithsonian July 2007 Eric Jaffe	Life Beyond Earth An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we're not alone?
Popular Mechanics September 2007 Thomas D. Jones	The Lunar Base: How to Settle the Moon (and Pay for Sleepovers) A four-time Space Shuttle astronaut explains what life will be like on NASA's four-man outpost come 2020, when the anti-Apollo mission will cast off aboard a new rocket and send explorers to hazardous territory.
Geotimes April 2005 Sara Pratt	Listening to Titan As the Huygens probe descended through Titan's smoggy atmosphere, scientists on Earth were able to listen in on sounds from the moon's surface.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources NASA is using the unique optical capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope for a new class of scientific observations of the Earth's Moon.
Geotimes May 2004 Joshua Chamot	Big Impact for a Small Moon Mineral Researchers have identified a new mineral from the moon, revealing new details about space weathering processes and offering a better understanding of remote observations of the moon and its brethren.
Chemistry World November 20, 2013 Emma Stoye	NASA probe sets off for Mars NASA's latest Mars mission -- the Maven (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) orbiter -- has begun its 10-month journey to the red planet after its successful launch this week from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, US.
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Wired May 2003 Tom McNichol	The Race Back to the Moon Astropreneurs are counting down for a return to Apollo country. The first small step: a satellite atlas of the lunar surface. The next giant leap: ice mining, helium farming, and a launchpad to the solar system.
Geotimes September 2004 Sara Pratt	Solar Storms Strip Water Off Mars For the first time, scientists have observed a solar superstorm with an array of spacecraft scattered throughout the solar system providing data that may help to explain the disappearance of water from Mars.
Scientific American January 2009 Charles Q. Choi	Does Dark Matter Encircle Earth? Dark matter might exert measurable effects on the earth, moon and gas giants
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Gregory L. Matloff	Deflecting Asteroids A solar sail could use light to nudge an earthbound rock into an orbit we could live with
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Chemistry World May 25, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Mars is the planet that never grew up Scientists in the US have analysed isotopes in meteorites that resemble Martian geology and have discovered that the planet stopped growing while its solar system siblings carried on developing.
Reason December 2002 Jesse Walker	The Race to Sell the Moon After years of inattention, the moon will soon be deluged with mechanical visitors from Earth. In June 2003 a California company, TransOrbital, intends to launch the first private mission to the moon.
Chemistry World September 24, 2009 Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay	A moist moon Strong evidence for water on the moon's surface has been found by three separate spacecraft-based spectroscopic studies.
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Hardy Green	After The Moon -- What? It may exaggerate the difficulties they had in readjusting to life on Earth, but Andrew Smith's "Moondust" is a spellbinding tale of what has befallen the Apollo astronauts since they walked the moon. It's fascinating for its historical detail, engaging writing, and wistful meditation on space travel.
Popular Mechanics September 24, 2008 Andrew Moseman	Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts If a spacecraft keeps chugging along for long enough, eventually it may find something startling.
Wired December 2004 James Cameron	The Next Giant Leap Buzz Aldrin talks about his walk on the moon and the next step in manned space exploration.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 David Noland	Moon Man: Buzz Aldrin's Advice on NASA's Orion Mission Buzz Aldrin offers his thoughts on the next mission to the moon.
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