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Are There Planets Better at Supporting Life Than Earth?
There is, in this crazy world, one thing we know for sure: Our world is the world. Our planet...
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New Chemical Reaction May Explain Star Formation, Evolution, Death
University of North Dakota scientist Mark Hoffmann’s version of Star Search goes a long way — a very long...
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The Transporter: Cloud Banks Carry Mercury
The towering redwood forests along California’s coast are known for the clammy fog that rolls in from the ocean...
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Mars Rover Detects Simple Organic Compounds
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has detected several simple carbon-based organic compounds on Mars, but it remains unclear whether they...
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Dust Grains Highlight the Path to Planet Formation
An international team of researchers studying the characteristics of the protoplanetary disk of the star UX Tauri A, have...
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Scientists Discover Frozen Organic Material on Mercury
Messenger spacecraft finds substances similar to tar or coal in craters on planet nearest sun
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Model Sheds Light on Chemistry That Sparked Origin of Life
The question of how life began on a molecular level has been a longstanding problem in science. However, recent...
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Super-Earths Get Magnetic ‘Shield’ From Liquid Metal
Within supersized alien versions of Earth, a common transparent ceramic may become a flowing liquid metal, perhaps granting those...
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NASA Scientists Find Similarities in Formation of Mars and Earth
A team of NASA scientists and their colleagues have found evidence from meteorites that Mars and Earth had a...
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New Theory on Formation of Solar System’s First Stuff
A new view of the solar system’s early days proposes that the first two kinds of solid materials —...