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A Mars secret solved, a colossal comet, and mind fractals all in this week's science news
By John Loeffler published
Roundup This week's science news saw some space mysteries finally solved, as well as some new insights into the human mind, new hidden planets, and the largest comet ever seen.
Our solar system may have a hidden planet beyond Neptune – no, not that one
By John Loeffler last updated
New computer models show that there may be a Mars-sized rocky planet beyond the orbit of Neptune, or at least there used to be.
A colossal comet once mistaken for a dwarf planet is headed to our solar system
By John Loeffler published
The largest comet ever discovered is currently making its way back through the solar system, with its closest approach expected in 2031.
Is the human mind made of fractals?
By John Loeffler published
A new study indicates that human thoughts might share an uncanny resemblance to a kind of recursive geometry.
Mystery of Mars' ancient trenches might have finally been solved
By John Loeffler last updated
The deep trenches on Mars' surface are one of the planet's more compelling features, and now we might have an idea of the catastrophic events that produced them some of them.
Elusive black hole just revealed itself when it got caught snacking on a star
By John Loeffler published
An intermediate-mass black hole, a kind of black hole that has long eluded observation, was just spotted when it tore apart a star that wandered too close.
Hidden galaxies, a doomed Mars, and plenty of supernovae drive the week in science
By John Loeffler published
Roundup This week's science news was full of supernovae, hidden galaxies, private space stations, and the discovery that Mars was doomed from the start.
Scientists discover 500 light-year-wide hole in the Milky Way torn open by a supernova
By John Loeffler published
A supernova is the most likely cause of a 500-light-wear wide hole that split an ancient molecular cloud in two.
Dawn of the universe might have been bursting with galaxies now hidden by dust
By John Loeffler published
A pair of primordial galaxies dating back to shortly after the big bang, but hidden by dust, indicates the nascent universe might have had far more galaxy formation than previously believed.
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