Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs on the planet, had an air conditioner in its head, suggest scientists who are challenging over a century of previous beliefs. …read more Source:: Science
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Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet’s colorful belts
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•Coordinated observations of Jupiter in early 2017 by six ground-based telescopes and Hubble allowed astronomers to study the evolution of bright plumes and connect them with cloud movements deep in …read more Source:: Science
July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet
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•Much of the planet sweltered in unprecedented heat in July, as temperatures soared to new heights in the hottest month ever recorded. The record warmth also shrank Arctic and Antarctic …read more Source:: Science
Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet
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•A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in the early solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago, could explain surprising readings from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, according to …read more Source:: Science
Hubble’s new portrait of Jupiter
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•A new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter reveals the giant planet’s trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere …read more Source:: Science
Hubble uncovers a ‘heavy metal’ exoplanet shaped like a football
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•How can a planet be ‘hotter than hot?’ The answer is when heavy metals are detected escaping from the planet’s atmosphere, instead of condensing into clouds. …read more Source:: Science
Confirmation of toasty TESS planet leads to surprising find of promising world
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•A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of which is located in the …read more Source:: Science
When the dinosaurs died, lichens thrived
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•When the asteroid hit, dinosaurs weren’t the only ones that suffered. Clouds of ash blocked the sun and cooled the planet’s temperature, devastating plant life. But fungi, which decompose dead …read more Source:: Science
Formation of the moon brought water to Earth
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•Earth has a large amount of water and a relatively large moon, which stabilizes Earth’s axis. Both are essential for life to develop on our planet. Scientists have now been …read more Source:: Science
Diamonds reveal how continents are stabilized, key to Earth’s habitability
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•The longevity of Earth’s continents in the face of destructive tectonic activity is an essential geologic backdrop for the emergence of life on our planet. This stability depends on the …read more Source:: Science