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planetary evolution

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Hiroshima Fallout May Offer a Glimpse of the Early Solar System

by Nathaniel Scharping 8 March 20248 March 2024

Bits of glass called Hiroshimaites may have formed by processes similar to those that formed the Sun and the planets.

An illustration depicts our solar system, with the Sun at the center and other planets orbiting the Sun.
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Tales and Textiles Can Communicate the Science of Planets

by Grace van Deelen 17 January 202417 January 2024

Artists are working with a scientist and a writer to boost public understanding of the science of planetary interiors.

Luna de la Tierra
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La Luna es incluso más antigua de lo que los científicos pensaban

by Matt Hrodey 7 December 20237 December 2023

¿Cómo se formó la Luna y cuántos años tiene? La datación más precisa hasta el momento del satélite más grande de la Tierra determinó que es mucho más antigua de lo que se pensaba previamente.

A red object with two lobes connected by a thin neck.
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Arrokoth’s Mounds Hint at How Planetesimals Form

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 17 November 202317 November 2023

The most remote world ever seen up close is a mash-up of smaller pieces.

Earth’s moon
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The Moon Is Even Older Than Scientists Thought

by Matt Hrodey 6 November 20237 December 2023

How did the Moon form and how old is it? The most precise dating yet of Earth’s largest satellite found that it is much older than previously thought.

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Five Martian Mysteries That Have Scientists Scratching Their Heads

by Matthew R. Francis 2 November 20232 November 2023

Despite centuries of study and many spacecraft visits, the Red Planet still holds secrets. Here are just a few.

A flaming asteroid entering a planet’s atmosphere
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Meteor Impact Site Holds 200-Million-Year-Old Atmospheric Snapshot

by Elise Cutts 19 October 202329 November 2023

Minerals formed in short-lived hydrothermal systems set off by a meteor impact in France preserved information about noble gases in the ancient atmosphere.

A spacecraft consisting of a bright central box and two cross-shaped solar panels flies above the jagged landscape of a large asteroid.
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Getting Psyched Up for an Asteroid Mission

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 4 October 20235 October 2023

The first mission to a metallic asteroid, scheduled for launch on 5 October, could provide clues to the formation of Earth and the solar system’s other inner planets.

An artificially colorized view of a rocky valley between two hills on Mars, with part of the Curiosity rover visible at bottom. The right portion of the image, under blue sky, represents the scene in the morning, and the left portion, under yellow sky, the afternoon.
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Mars Has Far Fewer Minerals Than Earth Does

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 6 September 20236 September 2023

The development of plate tectonics and life on Earth provided avenues for mineral evolution that did not occur on Mars, resulting in relatively limited mineral diversity on the Red Planet.

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Astronomers May Have Spotted the Birth of a Planet

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 29 August 202329 August 2023

Lumps of dust are spiraling around a young star 5,000 light-years away. They could be Jupiter-like planets in the making.

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