A new mission proposed as part of NASA's Explorers program could help gather data that would greatly aid in the search for habitable, extrasolar worlds. FINESSE would be the first mission dedicated to studying atmospheres on worlds around distant stars.
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A Turtle the Size of a Smart Car Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life | 05/20/12 Researchers have described a new extinct giant turtle species from the same location in which the giant snake 'Titanoboa' was discovered. The extinct turtle could shed new light on the links between the ancient climate and biosphere of Earth.
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S. Domagal-Goldman | 05/18/12
No, not "Nessie." But in my mind, something more exiting. Sometimes, the very first sentence of an the abstract hooks you... or at...
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