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Published Earth's carbon points to planetary smashup - Earth's Carbon Points to Planetary Smashup
(via sciencedaily.com) Research suggests that virtually all of Earth's life-giving carbon could have come from a collision...
Published New insights into the early bombardment history on Mercury - New Insights into the Early Bombardment History on Mercury
(via sciencedaily.com) Astronomers have studied the surface of Mercury to better understand if the plains were formed by vo...
Published Carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in ancient meteorite - Carbon Dioxide-Rich Liquid Water Found in Ancient Meteorite
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists detect small pockets of carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in a meteorite dating from the e...
Published How did Earth get its water? - How Earth Got Its Water: A Fascinating Journey Through Time
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Our planet's water could have originated from interactions between the hydrogen-rich atmospheres and...
Published Pass the salt: This space rock holds clues as to how Earth got its water - Pass the Salt: This Space Rock Holds Clues as to How Earth Got Its Water
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The discovery of tiny salt grains in a sample from an asteroid provides strong evidence that liquid ...
Published The planet that could end life on Earth - The Planet That Could End Life on Earth
(via sciencedaily.com) A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar...
Published Uracil found in Ryugu samples - Uracil Found in Ryugu Samples: A Breakthrough in Astrobiology
(via sciencedaily.com) Samples from the asteroid Ryugu collected by the Hayabusa2 mission contain nitrogenous organic compo ...
Published Dawn spacecraft delivers new image of dwarf planet Ceres - Dawn Spacecraft Delivers New Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres
(via sciencedaily.com) As NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across,...
Published Exploring the origin of nucleosynthetic isotope variations in Ryugu samples
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The observed variations in chromium (Cr) isotope ratios in the Ryugu asteroid samples collected by H ...
Published Ryugu samples illuminate terrestrial weathering effects on primitive meteorites
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Asteroids offer valuable windows into the early solar system, given that they are remnants of planet ...
Published Metal scar found on cannibal star
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source When a star like our Sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest the surrounding planets and aste...
Published The origins of dark comets
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our ...
Published Much of Earth's nitrogen was locally sourced - Much of Earth's Nitrogen Was Locally Sourced
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists show evidence that nitrogen acquired during Earth's formation came from both the inner an...
Published Cosmic building blocks of life discovered through the electron microscope
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Meteorites are fragments of asteroids which find their way to Earth as shooting stars and provide in ...
Published Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate - Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet...
Published Planet Nine could spell doom for solar system - Planet Nine: A Threat to Our Solar System
(via sciencedaily.com) The solar system could be thrown into disaster when the sun dies if the mysterious 'Planet Nine' exi...
Published 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...
Published Fascinating orbits: Celestial bodies surprisingly erratic - Fascinating Orbits: Celestial Bodies Surprisingly Erratic
(via sciencedaily.com) Astronomers are researching the way in which celestial bodies orbit each other, now and in the futur...
Published Wandering Jupiter accounts for our unusual solar system - Wandering Jupiter: The Reason Behind Our Unusual Solar System
(via sciencedaily.com) Jupiter may have swept through the early solar system like a wrecking ball, destroying a first gener...
Published MESSENGER data suggest recurring meteor shower on Mercury - MESSENGER data suggest recurring meteor shower on Mercury
(via sciencedaily.com) The closest planet to the sun appears to get hit by a periodic meteor shower, possibly associated wi...