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Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography
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Study finds pesticide use linked to Parkinson's in rocky mountain, great plains region      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Pesticides and herbicides used in farming have been linked to Parkinson's disease in the Rocky Mount ...

Space: The Solar System
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Deep oceans dissolve the rocky shell of water-ice planets - Deep Oceans Dissolve the Rocky Shell of Water-Ice Planets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Laboratory experiments allow insights into the processes under the extreme pressure and temperature...

Space: Astrophysics Space: Structures and Features Space: The Solar System
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How do rocky planets really form? - How Do Rocky Planets Really Form?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new theory could explain the origin and properties of systems of rocky super-Earths and their rela ...

Space: The Solar System
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Earth formed from dry, rocky building blocks - Earth Formed from Dry, Rocky Building Blocks: A New Perspective      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A new study shows that the so-called planetesimals that accreted together to form Earth must have be...

Offbeat: Space Space: Astronomy Space: Exploration Space: Structures and Features
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Webb detects water vapor in rocky planet-forming zone      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Water is essential for life as we know it. However, scientists debate how it reached the Earth and w...

Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography
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Glaciers becoming smaller and disappearing      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers show that some glaciers have disappeared entirely, some no longer show movement, some ar...

Space: Astronomy Space: Exploration Space: General Space: The Solar System
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New findings support long-proposed process of planet formation      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists just made a breakthrough discovery in revealing how planets are made. By observing water...

Space: Structures and Features
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Two new temperate rocky worlds discovered - Two New Temperate Rocky Worlds Discovered: A Glimpse into the Future of Exoplanet Research      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have just announced the discovery of two 'super-Earth' planets orbiting LP 890-9, a smal...

Space: The Solar System
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Why does Mercury have such a big iron core? - Why Does Mercury Have Such a Big Iron Core?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study disputes the prevailing hypothesis on why Mercury has a big core relative to its mantle....

Chemistry: Biochemistry Chemistry: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Geochemistry
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Biological fingerprints in soil show where diamond-containing ore is buried      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have identified buried kimberlite, the rocky home of diamonds, by testing the DNA of mic ...

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Mysterious gap in size distribution of super-earths explained      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of how the enigmatic gap in the size distribution of exoplanets...

Space: Astronomy Space: Astrophysics Space: Exploration Space: General Space: The Solar System
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Exoplanet-hunting telescope to begin search for another Earth in 2026      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Europe's next big space mission -- a telescope that will hunt for Earth-like rocky planets outside o ...

Space: The Solar System
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Distant planet may be on its second atmosphere - Distant Planet May Be on Its Second Atmosphere      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star may have lost its atmosphere bu...