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Earth’s own evolution used as guide to hunt exoplanets
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Cornell astronomers have created five models representing key points from our planet’s evolution, like chemical snapshots through Earth’s own geologic epochs.
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Mar 26, 2020
A recent study is contributing to our understanding of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, which occurred some 66 million years ago. This event
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Along with capturing an image before its steepest ascent ever, the Curiosity Mars Rover robotic explorer filmed its "selfie stick," or robotic
It’s Raining Iron? Welcome to WASP-76b
Mar 23, 2020
using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has
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