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Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Has Water Vapor in Atmosphere
Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...
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A Meteorite Is Challenging Where Earth's Water Really Came From
Water is essential in order for life to exist, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. […] ...
How did water end up on Earth? New evidence upends long-held theory.
All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...
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James Webb Space Telescope finds water in the air of exotic 'sub-Neptune' exoplanet
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-hot alien planet, a new ...
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This Giant Icy Planet Is Like Nothing Ever Found Before
They know that it is a sub-Neptune planet with a radius 2.35 times that of our planet, and so a volume 13 times that of Earth ...
A Soviet spacecraft is plunging back to Earth this week 53 years after it was launched. Here's what to know.
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.
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Meteorite discovered in Antarctica could rewrite Earth’s earliest history, study claims
A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study ...
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Rethinking the Origins of Water - The Meteorite Hypothesis Overturned
New research challenges the meteorite hypothesis, suggesting Earth's water may be native, originating from the solar nebula rather than asteroidal impacts.
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Soviet spacecraft plummeting back to Earth: What to know
In 1972, a Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus failed to escape Earth's gravity and got stuck orbiting our planet. Now, 50-odd ...