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Data Show Signs of Acid Fog on Mars
A planetary scientist has pieced together a compelling story about how acidic vapours may have eaten the rocks in a 100-acre area on Husband Hill in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars.
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Astronomers Photograph a Baby Jupiter in Another Solar System
Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to how planets such as Jupiter are formed and influence their planetary siblings, a study released on Thursday shows.
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'Sunscreen' Layer on Distant Exoplanet Discovered
In what could reveal the composition of a planet and how it formed, a team including an Indian-origin researcher has detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on a massive and blazing-hot exoplanet.
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Giant Asteroids Wiped out Life on Early Earth
Using a computer simulation model based on a moon crater, planetary scientists have revealed that early Earth is likely to have been hit by giant asteroids capable of killing off life and completely resurfacing the planet.
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Data Show Signs of Acid Fog on Mars
A planetary scientist has pieced together a compelling story about how acidic vapours may have eaten the rocks in a 100-acre area on Husband Hill in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars.
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Astronomers Photograph a Baby Jupiter in Another Solar System
Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to how planets such as Jupiter are formed and influence their planetary siblings, a study released on Thursday shows.
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'Sunscreen' Layer on Distant Exoplanet Discovered
In what could reveal the composition of a planet and how it formed, a team including an Indian-origin researcher has detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on a massive and blazing-hot exoplanet.
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Giant Asteroids Wiped out Life on Early Earth
Using a computer simulation model based on a moon crater, planetary scientists have revealed that early Earth is likely to have been hit by giant asteroids capable of killing off life and completely resurfacing the planet.
