Newly Found Planet May Turn Into Dust
Researchers have detected a possible planet that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The exoplanet is thought to be not much larger than Mercury.
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A Turtle the Size of a Smart Car
Researchers have described a new extinct giant turtle species from the same location in which the giant snake Titanoboa was discovered. The extinct turtle could shed new light on the links between t
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JPL Wants To FINESSE Info From Exoplanets
A new mission proposed as part of NASA s Explorers program could help gather data that would greatly aid in the search for habitable, extrasolar worlds. FINESSE would be the first mission dedicated to
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How Life Recovers from Devastation
Satellite data is helping scientists understand how the forests around Mt. St. Helens have recovered in the 32 years since the volcano erupted.
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Pinpointing Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
New observations are helping scientists assess the number of potentially hazardous asteroids in our solar system. These asteroids include those big enough to make it through the Earth s atmosphere and
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Collecting Solar Power in Space
Scientists have tested a new space web technology that could pave the way for building large structures in orbit that gather enough solar energy to power cities on Earth.
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Is Earth a Living Organism?
A new discovery may help answer the question, is the planet Earth really a giant living organism. The research focuses on interactions between ocean organisms, atmosphere and land.
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Mini-Oases at Ancient Methane Seeps
Research shows that ancient mollusks made their homes around methane seeps in the seaway that once covered America s Great Plains.
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Seeking Signs of Life at the Glacier s Edge
Microbes living at the edges of Arctic ice sheets could help researchers find evidence for life on Mars, Jupiter s moon Europa, or Saturn s moon Enceladus.
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Earliest Evidence of Insect Pollination
Amber from Cretaceous deposits has revealed the first ever record of insect pollination.
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Rare Meteorite Spurs Hunt for Fragments
A fragment recovered from the "Sutter s Mill Meteorite," which fell to Earth on April 22, has been generously donated to NASA. Now, research on the meteorite fragment could bring answers to unsolved m
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Testing Martian Methane on Earth
Scientists in Washington state are preparing to conduct ground tests in support of a new Mars mission that could explore the martian atmosphere for signs of life.
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Opportunity Rolling Again After its 5th Mars Winter
NASA s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven off of Greeley Haven after surviving yet another martian winter. Opportunity will now make its way toward veins in the bedrock on the northern edge
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The Great Exoplanet Debate
The Great Exoplanet Debate, hosted by Astrobiology Magazine during the recent 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference, is now available for viewing online.
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Beautiful Vesta
Six papers on results of the Dawn spacecraft s exploration of the protoplanet Vesta were published on May 11, detailing a plethora of new discoveries.
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The Great Exoplanet Debate
The Great Exoplanet Debate, hosted by Astrobiology Magazine during the recent 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference, is now available for viewing online.
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How Handedness Arises
A new study is helping scientists understand how chirality, or handedness, occurs in the majority of proteins and functional molecules in living organisms on Earth.
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Ultra-Cool Companions Versus Giant Planets
Astronomers have discovered an ultra-cool brown dwarf that is more than 99% hydrogen and helium. The discover could help scientists distinguish between brown dwarfs and giant planets.
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Large Changes in Martian Sand Dunes
NASA s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that sand dune fields on Mars move on a scale similar to those on Earth, even though Mars atmosphere is much thinner.
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Is a New Form of Life Really So Alien?
In a new essay, published in the journal PLoS Biology, professor Gerald Joyce of the Scripps Research Institute examines what constitutes life and the probability of discovering new life fo
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