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Enceladus’s electromagnetic wake was traced at least 504,000 kilometres downstream
Voyager 2's Uranus visit may have caught a rare magnetic storm, not normal conditions
Sunlight takes 170,000 years to escape the sun's core while neutrinos flee in seconds
Soviet probes on Venus lasted just minutes before heat destroyed them
Scientists backtrack on evidence of water plumes erupting from Europa
Europa’s ocean currents may leave a magnetic signal too faint to isolate
Radioactive rocks may fuel life on Europa despite missing hydrothermal vents
Gravity's internal heating could harbor life far beyond the habitable zone
Rare lava flows may have triggered Venus's transformation from habitable world to inferno
Eight-year-old's asteroid hunt could shatter quarter-century record
