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Solar system coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field. Skip to main content. Scientific American. Solar system. The Universe June 27, 2025.

Researchers at the IPK Leibniz Institute have discovered a previously unknown protein that is central to plant reproduction.

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Solar System Planets. Astronomy articles on the eight planets, plus the two dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris. Great pictures of everything in the solar system. Updated daily.

Marine creatures house contraband structures in special organelles, which the animal raids for food in times of need.

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