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“Earth Cousins” Are New Targets for Planetary Materials Research

by E. Kite, L. Kreidberg, Laura Schaefer, R. Caracas and M. Hirschmann 10 June 202128 January 2022

“Cousin” worlds—slightly bigger or slightly hotter than Earth—can help us understand planetary habitability, but we need more lab and numerical experiments to make the most of this opportunity.

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