A multi-institutional team of astrophysicists from Germany has made the first direct observation of oxygen atoms in the day side atmosphere of Venus. In their project, reported in the journal Nature Communications, the group ...
How do you explore the interior of a planet without ever touching down on it? Start by watching the way the planet spins, then measure how your spacecraft orbits it—very, very carefully. This is exactly what NASA planetary ...
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Apr 17, 2019
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Planetary scientists have calculated that there are hundreds of billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy which might support life.
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University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide, which is a major greenhouse ...
Earth Sciences
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A new series of measurements of oxygen isotopes provides increasing evidence that the Moon formed from the collision of the Earth with another large, planet-sized astronomical body, around 4.5 billion years ago. This work ...
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2014
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As planets in our solar system go, Venus is one for the textbooks.
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2019
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Two geoscientists, one with Princeton University, the other with Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, have developed a theory to explain how helium-3 leaks from the Earth's core into the mantle. In their study, reported in ...
(Phys.org) —Sara Seager, astronomer, planetary scientist and professor at MIT, has published an analysis of the current situation regarding the search for life outside of our own planet in the journal Proceedings of the ...
Re-analysis of data from NASA's Voyager spacecraft, along with new computer modeling, has led NASA scientists to conclude that four of Uranus' largest moons likely contain an ocean layer between their cores and icy crusts. ...
Astronomy
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There's a tiny moon orbiting beyond Saturn's rings that's full of promise, and maybe -- just maybe -- microbes.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2012
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