As Curiosity rover marches across Mars, the red planet’s watery past comes into clearer focus. …read more Source:: Science
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Another close-by planetary system?
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•The ALMA Observatory in Chile has detected dust around the closest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri. These new observations reveal the glow coming from cold dust in a …read more Source:: Science
Scientists probe Neptune’s depths to reveal secrets of icy planets
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•Scientists have helped solve the mystery of what lies beneath the surface of Neptune — the most distant planet in our solar system. …read more Source:: Science
‘Spooky’ sightings in crystal point to extremely rare quantum spin liquid
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•Little is rarer than an observable quantum spin liquid, but now, tests reveal that a synthetic crystal with ytterbium as its base may house one at near absolute zero. It …read more Source:: Science
Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars
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•The lack of liquid water on the surface of Mars today has been demonstrated by new evidence in the form of meteorites on the Red Planet examined by an international …read more Source:: Science
Greenland fossils reveal global ecosystem recovery after mass extinction
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•A new study shows how higher latitude ecosystems recovered after the World’s most cataclysmic extinction event 252 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Uranium levels in deep sea coral reveal new insights into how the major northern ice sheets retreated
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•Scientists examining naturally occurring uranium levels in ancient deep sea corals have discovered new insights into how the major northern ice sheets retreated during the last major deglaciation on Earth. …read more Source:: Science
Ice cores reveal a slow decline in atmospheric oxygen over the last 800,000 years
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•Researchers have compiled 30 years of data to construct the first ice core-based record of atmospheric oxygen concentrations spanning the past 800,000 years. The record shows that atmospheric oxygen has …read more Source:: Science
I’m all ears: fossils reveal human ancestors’ hearing abilities
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two-million-year-old fossils including the three tiny bones of the middle ear are helping scientists figure out the auditory abilities of early human ancestors at a time when …read more Source:: UKScienceNews