Mysterious cloud 'absorbers' seen to drive Venusian albedo, climate
As planets in our solar system go, Venus is one for the textbooks.
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2019
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News tagged with planetary scientist
Table salt compound spotted on Europa
A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Using a visible light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2019
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A closer look at Mercury's spin and gravity reveals the planet's inner solid core
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 ...
Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2019
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Powerful particles and tugging tides may affect extraterrestrial life
Since its discovery in 2016, planetary scientists have been excited about TRAPPIST-1, a system where seven Earth-sized rocky planets orbit a cool star. Three of the planets are in the habitable zone, the region of space where ...
Astronomy
Apr 17, 2019
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Iron volcanoes may have erupted on metal asteroids
Metallic asteroids are thought to have started out as blobs of molten iron floating in space. As if that's not strange enough, scientists now think that as the metal cooled and solidified, volcanoes spewing liquid iron could ...
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2019
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Hubble captures birth of giant storm on Neptune
Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope document the formation of a Great Dark Spot on Neptune for the first time, report researchers in a new study.
Astronomy
Mar 25, 2019
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Mars moon got its grooves from rolling stones, study suggests
A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from an ancient asteroid impact.
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2018
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New theory suggests magnesium could be the key to understanding Earth's magnetic field
(Phys.org)—A pair of planetary scientists has come up with a new theory to help explain the mechanism behind the generation of the Earth's magnetic field. In their paper published in the journal Nature, Joseph O'Rourke ...
Computer simulation suggests early Earth bombarded by asteroids and comets
A team of researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado has created a computer simulation that depicts the first 500 million years of Earth's existence, taking into account collisions with asteroids and comets. ...
Researchers offer 'proof' that oxygen is the only light element in the Earth's core
(Phys.org) —A trio of planetary scientists from France, Switzerland and the U.K. has used seismic data, lab experiment results and theoretical calculations as a means to offer proof that oxygen is present in the Earth's ...
