planetary science
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Asteroid Samples Brought to Earth Contain Key Molecules for Life
Japan’s education ministry says that more than 20 types of amino acids were detected in samples of an asteroid that were brought to Earth in December 2020, The Japan Times reports. The detection is the first evidence that amino acids exist on asteroids in space and has implications for understanding how such vital organic molecules…
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This Space Rock’s Weird Chemistry Suggests It Came From a Supernova
A rare stellar death may have formed a rock that eventually landed in Egypt.
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InSight Mars Lander Records Largest Marsquakes Yet
Researchers studying seismic wave data from NASA’s InSight Lander have reported the planet’s largest ‘marsquakes’ yet, at magnitudes of 4.2 and 4.1. According to a NASA release, the larger quake was five times as energetic as the previous record-holder, a magnitude 3.7 event detected in 2019.
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Probing Uranus Is Top Priority This Decade, U.S. Science Advisors Say
Here’s the plan for Uranus.