Science

Study: A plunge in incoming sunlight may have triggered “Snowball Earths”

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The trigger for “Snowball Earth” global ice ages may have been drops in incoming sunlight that...

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ExoMars finds new gas signatures in the martian atmosphere

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Trace Gas Orbiter at Mars

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The ultimate RAVE: final data release published

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RAVE observed nearly half a million stars of our Galaxy. The Sun is located at the centre of the coordinate system. The colours...

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Dead star emits never-before seen mix of radiation

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Integral: gamma-ray observatory

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CfA Scientists and Team Take a Look Inside the Central Engine of a Solar Flare for the First Time

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CfA Scientists and Team Take a Look Inside the Central Engine of a Solar Flare for the First Time

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X-Rays Recount Origin of Oddball Meteorites

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X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source helped scientists to establish...

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NASA’s Mars 2020 mis¬sion will search for traces of past mi¬cro¬bial life with the Per-se¬ver¬ance rover

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NASA's Mars rover Perseverance

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An origin story for a family of oddball meteorites

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Samples from a rare meteorite family, including the one shown here, reveal that their parent...

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