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NASA's Perseverance Rover Ascends Jezero Crater, Exploring Mars' Ancient Terrain
NASA’s Perseverance rover has initiated a critical new mission on Mars, beginning its ascent to the summit of Jezero Crater after three and half years of exploring its floor. This six-wheeled rover aims to reach the crater’s rim, which rises 1,000 feet above the Martian surface. The climb presents significant challenges, with Perseverance navig...
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Rocky Exoplanets May Be Holding Water in Deep Molten Iron Cores, Reveals Research
Recent research has shifted our understanding of water distribution on rocky exoplanets. The study reveals that up to 95 percent of a planet’s water could be sequestered deep within its molten iron core, challenging previous assumptions about water-rich worlds. This finding raises the possibility that much more water is hidden within the planet, ...
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Warming Climate Affecting Snowfall, Raising Risk Of Summer Droughts: Study
The team, led by researchers from the University of Bristol, UK, found that as the planet warms, snowy regions in the Rocky Mountains of North America, the Alps in Europe, along with those in northern Europe, are thawing prematurely.
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New "Fiery" Exoplanet Discovered, Displays Volcanic Activity Like Jupiter's Moon
The newly discovered rocky exoplanet, named TOI-6713.01, has a lot in common with Jupiter's rocky innermost moon, Io, and is known to be the most volcanically active body in our solar system.
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James Webb Telescope Discovers Rocky Planet with Atmosphere, But It's A Fiery Inferno
Scientists have discovered a rocky planet, 55 Cancri e, beyond our solar system with an atmosphere detected by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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"Super-Earth": Astronomers Detect Rocky Planet With Atmosphere
Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life.
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Astronomers Find 7 Planets Being "Fried" By Their Star In Milky Way
In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth.
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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
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Planet Formation Theory Upset After New Study Of Mars Meteorite
The planetary formation theory that scientists have been referring to for decades seems to have been jeopardised by a recent study regarding an old meteorite. The theory explained how rocky planets like Earth and Mars acquire volatile material.
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Juno's Study Provides Insight on Jupiter's Composition, Gravitational Field
A new study has researched about Jupiter's metal concentration and distribution, suggesting that the planet ate a lot of rocky planetesimals when it was young. The authors sought to use Juno's Gravity Science experiment to investigate the metals in the planet's atmosphere. Jupiter's atmosphere isn't as homogeneous as originally imagined, according ...
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NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Shows What Looks Like an Alien Door on the Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity rover is finding some sneaky details on the planet. Curiosity keeps sending images from Mars to scientists on Earth. The current shots show a rather curious detail in the rocky terrains of the planet. From the photos, it seems like Curiosity stumbled upon a perfectly carved door among the Martian rocks.
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NASA Confirms Existence of More Than 5,000 Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar System
NASA has said that these exoplanets include small, rocky worlds like Earth and “super Earths” which are larger than our own. There are also gas giants several larger than Jupiter and “mini-Neptunes.” Some of these planets orbit two stars at once and others stubbornly revolve around the collapsed remnants of dead stars.
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NASA Shows Giant Debris Cloud Formed by Collision of Celestial Bodies
Most rocky planets and satellites, including our Earth and the Moon, are formed or shaped by massive collisions among celestial bodies early in the solar system. When these objects smash together, they could either accumulate more material and increase their size or they can break apart into multiple smaller bodies.
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Scientists Bake Meteorites to Understand Atmospheres of Rocky Alien Planets
A team of researchers at University of California Santa Cruz roasted samples of space rocks to analyse the gases released and have a better understating of the early atmosphere of rocky alien planets.
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Mars Rover Perseverance Begins Hunt for Ancient Life With ‘SuperCam’
The bundle of instruments known as SuperCam on board the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the hunt for past life on the Red Planet, mission scientists said.
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Ascends Jezero Crater, Exploring Mars' Ancient Terrain
NASA’s Perseverance rover has initiated a critical new mission on Mars, beginning its ascent to the summit of Jezero Crater after three and half years of exploring its floor. This six-wheeled rover aims to reach the crater’s rim, which rises 1,000 feet above the Martian surface. The climb presents significant challenges, with Perseverance navig...
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Rocky Exoplanets May Be Holding Water in Deep Molten Iron Cores, Reveals Research
Recent research has shifted our understanding of water distribution on rocky exoplanets. The study reveals that up to 95 percent of a planet’s water could be sequestered deep within its molten iron core, challenging previous assumptions about water-rich worlds. This finding raises the possibility that much more water is hidden within the planet, ...
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Warming Climate Affecting Snowfall, Raising Risk Of Summer Droughts: Study
The team, led by researchers from the University of Bristol, UK, found that as the planet warms, snowy regions in the Rocky Mountains of North America, the Alps in Europe, along with those in northern Europe, are thawing prematurely.
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New "Fiery" Exoplanet Discovered, Displays Volcanic Activity Like Jupiter's Moon
The newly discovered rocky exoplanet, named TOI-6713.01, has a lot in common with Jupiter's rocky innermost moon, Io, and is known to be the most volcanically active body in our solar system.
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James Webb Telescope Discovers Rocky Planet with Atmosphere, But It's A Fiery Inferno
Scientists have discovered a rocky planet, 55 Cancri e, beyond our solar system with an atmosphere detected by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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"Super-Earth": Astronomers Detect Rocky Planet With Atmosphere
Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life.
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Astronomers Find 7 Planets Being "Fried" By Their Star In Milky Way
In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth.
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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
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Planet Formation Theory Upset After New Study Of Mars Meteorite
The planetary formation theory that scientists have been referring to for decades seems to have been jeopardised by a recent study regarding an old meteorite. The theory explained how rocky planets like Earth and Mars acquire volatile material.
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Juno's Study Provides Insight on Jupiter's Composition, Gravitational Field
A new study has researched about Jupiter's metal concentration and distribution, suggesting that the planet ate a lot of rocky planetesimals when it was young. The authors sought to use Juno's Gravity Science experiment to investigate the metals in the planet's atmosphere. Jupiter's atmosphere isn't as homogeneous as originally imagined, according ...
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NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Shows What Looks Like an Alien Door on the Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity rover is finding some sneaky details on the planet. Curiosity keeps sending images from Mars to scientists on Earth. The current shots show a rather curious detail in the rocky terrains of the planet. From the photos, it seems like Curiosity stumbled upon a perfectly carved door among the Martian rocks.
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NASA Confirms Existence of More Than 5,000 Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar System
NASA has said that these exoplanets include small, rocky worlds like Earth and “super Earths” which are larger than our own. There are also gas giants several larger than Jupiter and “mini-Neptunes.” Some of these planets orbit two stars at once and others stubbornly revolve around the collapsed remnants of dead stars.
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NASA Shows Giant Debris Cloud Formed by Collision of Celestial Bodies
Most rocky planets and satellites, including our Earth and the Moon, are formed or shaped by massive collisions among celestial bodies early in the solar system. When these objects smash together, they could either accumulate more material and increase their size or they can break apart into multiple smaller bodies.
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Scientists Bake Meteorites to Understand Atmospheres of Rocky Alien Planets
A team of researchers at University of California Santa Cruz roasted samples of space rocks to analyse the gases released and have a better understating of the early atmosphere of rocky alien planets.
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Mars Rover Perseverance Begins Hunt for Ancient Life With ‘SuperCam’
The bundle of instruments known as SuperCam on board the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the hunt for past life on the Red Planet, mission scientists said.
