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Category: Astronomy

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How to spot colorful life on icy exoplanets

Posted on November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 by Aubrey Zerkle 393 views

In recent decades, astronomers have discovered more than 5000 planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system, with nearly 9000 more…

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    When life detoxifies itself, it leaves behind a helpful sign

    Posted on October 3, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 699 views

    Scientists found that a methylated gas produced by life as a waste product of detoxification could serve as a remotely observable sign of…

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      How do we choose which planets to search for life?

      Posted on September 19, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 992 views

      Scientists used computer models to determine how likely a planet is to be habitable by its age, size, and distance from its sun.

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        A detailed look at a rare meteorite

        Posted on January 10, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 1k views

        A carbonaceous meteorite that fell in Costa Rica holds organic compounds that are preserved from the earliest stages of our solar system,…

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          Using radio signals from exoplanets to detect magnetic fields

          Posted on July 29, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 730 views

          An observational technique called ‘beam-forming’ detects exoplanetary radio emissions that allow researchers to calculate exoplanets’…

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            Mysterious gas found near Milky Way’s center

            Posted on December 14, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 766 views

            A mysterious cold gas shooting out of the center of the Milky Way galaxy has left scientists puzzled.

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              A different kind of child star

              Posted on October 29, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 554 views

              Maybe you didn't have a stellar childhood, but stars definitely did. (Get it?) Learn about a major research project that investigated one…

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                A new understanding of weather on Saturn

                Posted on May 15, 2020October 24, 2022 by Hunter Dulay 447 views

                The Cassini spacecraft revealed the atmosphere of Saturn has large regions that don’t cycle to the poles and that the atmosphere is filled…

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                  We can learn about life on other planets by studying viruses

                  Posted on January 1, 2020October 24, 2022 by Justin Dingman 290 views

                  Scientists from the University of Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, as well as the Icahn School of Medicine at…

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                    Can Artificial Intelligence find new planets for us?

                    Posted on November 28, 2019October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 389 views

                    On a clear night you might easily see Jupiter, Mars or other planets from our solar system. This is how astronomers from thousands of years…

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