Herschel Finds Olivine Crystals In Nearby Beta Pictoris
Image Caption: Close-up of olivine crystals seen inside a meteorite found on Earth that originated from a partly melted Solar System asteroid. The yellow olivine crystals are on the order of a…
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Is That A Hot, Habitable Exoplanet In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?
Image Caption: Artistic representation of Gliese 163c as a rock-water world covered with a dense cloud layer (left). It looks reddish, instead of white, due to the reflected light from its red…
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Evidence Of Hydrated Minerals Found On Vesta By Dawn Spacecraft
Image Caption: These enhanced-color views from NASA’s Dawn mission show an unusual “pitted terrain” on the floors of the craters named Marcia (left) and Cornelia (right) on the giant asteroid Vesta. …
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More Evidence That Life Was Delivered By Space Rocks
Image Credit: Digital Storm / Shutterstock Astronomers have provided more evidence that life was delivered to Earth through collisions with objects like asteroids. Researchers presented a paper at the European Planetary Sciences…
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Scientists Put Dates On Mars Climate Change For First Time
Image Credit: Photos.com Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have dated climate history for Mars for the first time. The ice caps on Mars’ poles are miles thick, composed of ice and dust and contain…
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