Planets
New findings bring us closer to knowing the precise timing and duration of Mars' dynamo—a flow of molten metal within the planet's core that produces an electrical current
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Four-billion-year-old nitrogen-containing organic molecules discovered in Martian meteorites using advanced analytical techniques
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There is evidence that rivers once coursed across the Martian surface; a new study shows the water flowed long enough to record signs of ancient life as well
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Bacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to organic building blocks
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The findings include a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world
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Astronomers from the University of Warwick have observed an exoplanet orbiting a star in just over 18 hours, the shortest orbital period ever observed for a planet of its type
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New study finds surface waters on early Mars may have been habitable for microbial life
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Scientists confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and have modeled the planet's potential environments to help inform future observations
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Researchers found that while water vapor is common in the atmospheres of many exoplanets, the amounts were surprisingly lower than expected
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European researchers have confirmed the absence of microbial life in hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia
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