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Just a Few Pixels Would let Astronomers Map Surface Features on an Exoplanet Like Oceans
Direct images of exoplanets are rare and lack detail. Future observatories might change that, but for now, exoplanet images don’t tell researchers very much. They merely show the presence of the planets as blobs of light.
But a new…
‘Weird’, Long Lost Rocks Could Explain How a Hellish Earth Became Habitable
Early Earth is often described as 'Hadean' for good reason. Arising from the ashes of a collision that gave us our Moon, the primordial eon was characterized by hellish heat trapped beneath a thick blanket of carbon dioxide and water…
A Guide to the Unearthly Oceans in Our Solar System
A radar view of Lake Vostok, located deep beneath the Antarctic ice. Image: NASA Scientific Visualization StudioOkay, we’re cheating a bit here, but Lake Vostok in Antarctica certainly qualifies as the most unearthly body of water on!-->!-->…