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Astronomers Discover an Atmosphere on a Hot, Rocky Exoplanet With an Ocean of Magma
Smithsonian Magazine· 14 hours agoAstronomers have spotted signs of an atmosphere on an exoplanet 41 light-years away from Earth—the...
What Can Early Earth Teach Us About the Search for Life?
Universe Today· 4 days agoEarth is the only life-supporting planet we know of, so it’s tempting to use it as a standard in the...
Venus and Earth used to look like 'twin' planets. What happened?
NPR· 2 days agoBut there are planetary scientists who would tell you to look in the other direction, to a planet...
Northern Lights could be visible Friday as far south as Alabama, experts predict
CBS News· 10 hours agoSpace weather forecasters for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a Severe...
NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
NASA· 2 days agoResearchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding...
Hydrogen escape might be the reason Venus is a waterless wasteland
Cosmos· 1 day agoThe reason Venus missed the chance to be a water-filled planet might boil down to chemical reactions...
This diamond exoplanet lost its atmosphere — then it grew another
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days ago55 Cancri e is a super-Earth planet that appears composed of diamond-like carbon — now, thanks to...
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
Reuters via AOL· 2 days agoAstronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a...
The five mass extinctions Earth has already experienced revealed in shocking simulation
UNILAD· 15 hours agoNothing helps keep you grounded like knowing that Earth has had multiple mass extinction events. The...
Exoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail – this unique feature is helping scientists like me learn...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSo the variability observed for WASP-69b may come from the fact that every time it gets observed,...