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Scientists suggest that dry ice on Mars may move and burrow beneath the surface, creating patterns similar to sandworms from Dune and shedding light on the planet’s changing landscape.

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"The CO2 ice block began to dig into the slope and move downwards just like a burrowing mole or the sandworms from 'Dune.' It ...

In an interview with the BBC, professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of ...

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Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...

Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

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