Jillian Scudder

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    It Spins!

    What the first evidence of a spinning supermassive black hole means.

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    The Shiniest Planet Has Clouds of Metal and Glass

    This exoplanet’s sun should have obliterated its atmosphere. It’s still going strong.

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    Saturn’s Rings Could Be Younger Than Flowers

    We’re lucky that a relatively recent catastrophe created the gas-giant spectacle.

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    The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder

    Why dirt on the moon (and Mars) would be dangerous to live with.