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Categories: Ecology: Invasive Species, Space: Structures and Features
Space: Structures and Features
Published Baked meteorites yield clues to planetary atmospheres
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Published Baked meteorites yield clues to planetary atmospheres



In a novel laboratory investigation of the initial atmospheres of Earth-like rocky planets, researchers heated pristine meteorite samples in a high-temperature furnace and analyzed the gases released. Their results suggest that the initial atmospheres of terrestrial planets may differ significantly from many of the common assumptions used in theoretical models of planetary atmospheres.