Perseverance, a NASA rover, is collecting rocks on the surface of Mars, more than 200 million kilometers away. Though they could eventually become the most valuable rocks on Earth, the rover has limited space for these samples. ...
Planetary Sciences
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For the first 4 billion years of Earth's existence, its continents were dusty, barren and rocky landscapes similar to the surface of Mars. But, around 500 million years ago, this all changed.
Evolution
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What did the Earth look like about 2 billion years ago, when the planet's atmosphere was being oxygenated?
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2023
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A new study published in the journal PeerJ by Robert W. Boessenecker (CofC), Brian L. Beatty (NYIT), and Jonathan H. Geisler (NYIT) reports a wealth of new fossils of the early toothed baleen whale Coronodon from Oligocene ...
Evolution
Apr 14, 2023
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When did molecular oxygen, the gas that all large and complex forms of life on Earth today require to function, first appear on Earth?
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2023
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Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine's border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground—just waiting to be picked up.
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2023
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A technique known as "enhanced rock weathering" may help remove carbon from the atmosphere, and a model shows the method will only leak minimal carbon if its products are stored in the ocean. Constraining the planet below ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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How did we get from stardust to where we are today? That's the question NASA scientist Andrew Needham has pondered his entire career.
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2023
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NASA's Perseverance rover cored and stored the first sample of the mission's newest science campaign on Thursday, March 30. With each campaign, the team explores and studies a new area. On this one, the rover is exploring ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 1, 2023
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Lunar surface water has attracted much attention due to its potential for in-situ resource utilization by future lunar exploration missions and other space missions
Space Exploration
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