The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a new paper. …read more Source:: Science
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Equatorial jet in Venusian atmosphere
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•Observations by Japan’s Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki have revealed an equatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of the planet’s atmosphere, a finding that could be pivotal to …read more Source:: Science
Exoplanet shines with glowing water atmosphere
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•Scientists have found compelling evidence for a stratosphere on an enormous planet outside our solar system. The planet’s stratosphere — a layer of atmosphere where temperature increases with higher altitudes …read more Source:: Science
Targeting mysteries of deep Earth: Water deeper in planet than scientists previously believed
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•A mineral far below Earth’s surface may hold the key to how much water is stored in the planet, a researcher says. …read more Source:: Science
Oldest known planet-forming disk discovered
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•A group of citizen scientists and professional astronomers joined forces to discover an unusual hunting ground for exoplanets. They found a star surrounded by the oldest known circumstellar disk — …read more Source:: Science
Possible formation site of icy giant planet spotted
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•A number of extrasolar planets have been found in the past two decades and now researchers agree that planets can have a wide variety of characteristics. However, it is still …read more Source:: Science
Chaos in cosmos: System of two stars with three planet-forming discs of gas
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•A star with a ring of planets orbiting around it — that is the picture we know from our own solar system and from many of the thousands of exoplanets …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers see planet still growing in its stellar womb
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Astronomers have taken the first images of a planet still in formation, a discovery expected to shed light on how giant planets manage to beef …read more Source:: UKScienceNews