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October 2025: What's in the sky this month? Mercury and Mars meet, Titan transits Saturn, and the Orionid meteor shower dazzles

October's longer nights bring two transits of Titan across Saturn, while Io and Europa tango together across Jupiter three ...
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A Soft Collision in the Early Solar System May Explain Mercury’s Giant Metal Heart

Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...