Planetary science – Page 4
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News
Lettuce could be used to grow drugs on Mars
Infecting plants with a bacterium that can genetically modify plants could be an answer to producing drugs on other planets
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Rover that will search for life on Mars named after Rosalind Franklin
Franklin rover will drill into red planet’s surface to look for evidence of life
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Research
Dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be extra-carbony
Asteroid belt’s largest object, thought to be a piece of rock, contains up to 20% carbon
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BepiColombo satellites begin journey to Mercury
Mission hopes to shed some light on processes that may have shaped the early Earth
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Podcast
Losing the Nobel Prize by Brian Keating – Book club
Physicist Brian Keating lost the Nobel Prize, then went on to re-evaluate its worth and examine how it could be improved
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Review
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
Revealing the mysteries of space, one mote of dust at a time
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Research
Exoplanet with heavy metal atmosphere discovered
Iron found for the first time in gas giant’s ultra-hot atmosphere
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Research
First firm evidence for liquid water on Mars
Not quite life on Mars, but there are lakes beneath the red planet’s glaciers
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Research
Compelling evidence emerges for organic chemicals on the Red Planet
Discovery points to tantalising possibility that life might have existed on Mars billions of years ago
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Research
Methane dunes at Pluto's heart
Heart-shaped region on the dwarf planet’s surface features dunes made out of solid methane
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News
ExoMars rover will carry tiny organic chemistry lab
Probe will drill down beneath the surface of the red planet in search of evidence life once existed there
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Research
Dorset geology gives clues to past life on Mars
Fossilised microorganisms at England’s south coast offer clues to those studying the red planet
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Research
Rotten egg smell surrounds Uranus
Seventh planet’s topmost cloud layer is composed of hydrogen sulfide
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Research
Venusian near-UV absorber mystery solved
Spectra of sulfur compounds found in Venusian atmosphere match those made in lab
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News
Searching for the chemistry of life on exoplanets
The protoplanetary discs that surround young stars and give birth to planets are chemical labs that can reveal which planets might host life
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Research
Glimpse of water's superionic state may explain icy giants' oddities
Bizarre state of water with solid and liquid properties offers answer to Neptune and Uranus’ magnetic field mystery
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Research
Meteorites' mechanical energy might have created building blocks of life
Did a cosmic impact kick-start amino acid formation?
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Research
Hazy hydrocarbons explain why Pluto is even colder than expected
Dwarf planet might have unique atmosphere whose temperature is regulated by tiny particles
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Research
Methane-led climate change explains early Mars’ wet spells
Red planet’s wobbles could have led to melting of methane clathrates and warming
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Research
Enceladus seen expelling methanol into space
Surprise discovery in the moon’s gaseous plumes