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Vanishing methane on Mars: New mechanism proposed
Jul 20, 2019
An interdisciplinary research group from Aarhus University has proposed a previously overlooked physical-chemical process that can explain methane's consumption on Mars.
International team agrees on a natural origin for ʻOumuamua
Jul 16, 2019
A team of international asteroid and comet experts now agree that ʻOumuamua, the first recorded interstellar visitor, has natural origins.
NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Its Smallest Planet Yet
Jul 15, 2019
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star.
‘Titans in a jar’ could answer key questions ahead of NASA’s space exploration
Jul 11, 2019
Has Saturn’s icy moon – Titan – ever been home to life? SMU researchers hope to help discover whether this was true
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