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The Sciences

How Will Life on Earth End?

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Planet Earth

What Would Happen If the Earth Stopped Spinning?

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Earth's Rotation Has Slowed Down Over Billions of Years

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Who Was the First Scientist?

Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, but its path is well known. It will not hit us. (Credit: NASA-JPL)

Apophis: Doomsday Asteroid, or Just a Passing Space Rock? 

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Planetary Alignment Didn’t End the World in 1919. But One Professor Thought It Would

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Jezero Crater: A Closer Look at the Perseverance Rover's Landing Site

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Life in the Clouds of Venus? Maybe Not.

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A Sun's Eye View of the Solar System

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Citizen Scientists Discover Dozens of ‘Failed Stars’ Near Earth

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The Asteroid Belt: Wreckage of a Destroyed Planet or Something Else?

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What Would Earth Look Like to Alien Astronomers?

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太阳系

地球生命将如何终结？

如果地球停止自转会发生什么？

地球自转在数十亿年里已经减慢

谁是第一位科学家？

阿波菲斯：末日小行星，还只是路过的太空岩石？

1919年行星对齐并未终结世界，但一位教授曾认为它会

杰泽罗陨石坑：更深入地了解“毅力号”火星车的着陆点

金星云层中的生命？可能没有。

太阳视角下的太阳系

公民科学家在地球附近发现数十颗“失败之星”

小行星带：一颗被摧毁的行星的残骸，还是其他什么？

外星天文学家眼中的地球会是什么样子？

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