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Home » Science Topics » Astrobiology & Space Science » Page 16

Category: Astrobiology & Space Science

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Deciduous trees flourished after dinosaur-killing meteor impact

Posted on September 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Some 66 million years ago, a 10-km diameter chunk of rock hit the Yukatan peninsula near the site of the small town of Chicxulub with the…

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    Oxygen alone may not be enough to detect life on exoplanets

    Posted on September 13, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Astronomers searching the atmospheres of alien worlds or exoplants for gases that might be produced by life can’t rely on the…

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