An unmanned rover provides a wealth of information on the massive ice sheet covering Greenland. As the ice melts, it contributes to rising sea levels around the world.
Nasa's Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit our solar system's inner most planet Mercury. Turns out it's not just a dormant, scorched rock but a dynamic place, with an enormous internal core relative to its size.
The moon swells at the closest point in its elliptical orbit around the Earth and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided amazing hi res imagery of the surface, including footprints left by Apollo astronauts between 1969 and 1972. Yet some people remain unconvinced.
Mass surveillance by governments has prompted many large internet companies to form an alliance to encourage the use of tighter security measures on the internet, with a view to enhancing personal privacy.
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