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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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Searching Distant Stars for Complex Molecules
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
12/12/12 |
| Summary: On a series of nighttime flights, astrobiologists will soon use an airborne observatory to search newly born stars for molecules essential to the origins of life. |
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Brown Dwarfs May Grow Rocky Planets
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
12/01/12 |
| Summary: Astronomers have found that the outer region of a dusty disc encircling a brown dwarf star contains millimeter-sized solid grains. The grains resemble those found in denser discs around newborn stars. The findings could challenge current theories of how rocky planets form. |
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Do Missing Jupiters Mean Massive Comet Belts?
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
11/30/12 |
| Summary: Astronomers have discovered vast comet belts surrounding two nearby planetary systems. Both systems also host Earth-to-Neptune-mass worlds. |
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Dust Grains Highlight Path to Planet Formation
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
11/28/12 |
| Summary: A detailed study of a protoplanetary disk shows that dust grains colliding with and adhere to each other. The process it what will eventually lead to the formation of planets. |
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Asteroid Belts of the Right Size are Friendly to Life
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
11/04/12 |
| Summary: A new study indicates that size and location of a solar system's asteroid belt may determine whether or not complex life will evolve on Earth-like planets in the system. |
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A Crowded Planetary System
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
10/18/12 |
| Summary: An extraordinarily crowded planetary system is providing critical clues for understanding why most known planetary systems appear different from our own solar system. |
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