Tagged: Extrasolar Planets; Asteroids
[ad_1] In a novel laboratory investigation of the initial atmospheres of Earth-like rocky planets, researchers at UC Santa Cruz heated pristine meteorite samples in a high-temperature furnace and analyzed the gases released. Their results,...
[ad_1] In early 2016, an icy visitor from the edge of our solar system hurtled past Earth. It briefly became visible to stargazers as Comet Catalina before it slingshotted past the Sun to disappear...
[ad_1] A study by the University of Southampton gives a new perspective on why our planet has managed to stay habitable for billions of years — concluding it is almost certainly due, at least...