Last autumn, the world was excited by the discovery of an exoplanet called Ross 128 b, which is just 11 light years away from Earth. New work has for the …read more Source:: Science
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Ultrahigh-pressure laser experiments shed light on super-Earth cores
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•Using high-powered laser beams, researchers have simulated conditions inside a planet three times as large as Earth. The pressures achieved in this study, up to 1,314 gigapascals (GPa), allowed researchers …read more Source:: Science
Life’s building blocks observed in spacelike environment
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•Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and …read more Source:: Science
Less life: Limited phosphorus recycling suppressed early Earth’s biosphere
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•The amount of biomass — life — in Earth’s ancient oceans may have been limited due to low recycling of the key nutrient phosphorus, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
New light shed on how Earth and Mars were created
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•Analysing a mixture of earth samples and meteorites, scientists have shed new light on the sequence of events that led to the creation of the planets Earth and Mars. …read more Source:: Science
Ring, Ring: ‘Earth? It’s space calling, on the quantum line’
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•Scientists report the successful transmission of entangled photons between suborbital space and Earth. …read more Source:: Science
Methane muted: How did early Earth stay warm?
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•For at least a billion years of the distant past, planet Earth should have been frozen over but wasn’t. Scientists thought they knew why, but a new modeling study has …read more Source:: Science
Exhaling Earth: Scientists closer to forecasting volcanic eruptions
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•On average, 40 volcanoes on land erupt into the atmosphere each month, while scores of others on the seafloor erupt into the ocean. A new time-lapse animation uniting volcanoes, earthquakes, …read more Source:: Science
Human imprint has thrust Earth into new geological epoch : study
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•OSLO (Reuters) – The indelible imprint left by human beings on Earth has become so clear that it justifies naming a new geological epoch after mankind, experts said on Thursday.<br …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth’s rotation
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The melting of glaciers caused by the world’s rising temperatures appears to be causing a slight slowing of the Earth’s rotation in another illustration of the far-reaching …read more Source:: UKScienceNews