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Astrobiology Top 10: Kepler Catalog Adds More Planet Candidates
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/28/12 |
| Summary: As 2012 draws to a close, Astrobiology Magazine highlights the year's top stories. At number 6, the Kepler team released a new catalog containing 1,091 candidate planets, including some that could be smaller than twice the size of Earth. (Originally published on 03/10/12) |
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Astrobiology Top 10: CERN Finds the Higgs Boson?
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
12/27/12 |
| Summary: As 2012 draws to a close, Astrobiology Magazine highlights the year's top stories. At number 7, preliminary results in the search for the Higgs boson were announced. The sub-atmoic particle could be key to understanding how the Universe began and explaining the existence of life. (Originally published on 07/06/12) |
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Astrobiology Top 10: Titan's Subsurface Ocean
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| Topic: Titan |
12/26/12 |
| Summary: As 2012 draws to a close, Astrobiology Magazine highlights the year's top stories. At number 8, scientists revealed that Saturn's moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its shell. The findings could have implications in the search for life in our solar system. (Originally published on 07/04/12) |
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Astrobiology Top 10: Dawn Reveals Secrets of Vesta's History
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
12/25/12 |
| Summary: As 2012 draws to a close, Astrobiology Magazine highlights the year's top stories. At number 9, NASA reported that the Dawn spacecraft had revealed the varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes, and clues about the internal structure of the asteroid Vesta. (Originally published on 04/28/12) |
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Astrobiology Top 10: The Transit of Venus
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| Topic: Venus |
12/24/12 |
| Summary: As 2012 draws to a close, Astrobiology Magazine highlights the year's top stories. At number 10, scientists watched a rare transit of Venus as it crossed the face of the Sun. Why has Venus been an object worthy of ogling for hundreds of centuries? (Originally published 06/06/2012) |
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When Ice Melts, Volcanoes Spew Fire
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| Topic: Earth |
12/23/12 |
| Summary: Volcanic activity can cause short-term variations in climate. Now, new research shows that the reverse is also true. |
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Clays on Mars More Plentiful Than Expected
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| Topic: Mars |
12/23/12 |
| Summary: A new study indicates that clay minerals cover a larger portion of Mars than previously thought. Clay minerals usually form when water is present for long periods of time, and they could help astrobiologists understand the potential for habitable environments on ancient Mars. |
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Geo-engineering Against Climate Change
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| Topic: Climate |
12/22/12 |
| Summary: New calculations indicate that seeing infertile areas of the oceans would cause enough of an increase in photosynthesizing marine life to address carbon emissions. |
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Spiral Disk Structure May Reveal Planets
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/22/12 |
| Summary: Astronomers have captured clear, detailed images of a disk around a young star. Within the disk is a spiral structure with two clearly discernible arms, and the team believes this shape may be caused by planets. |
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