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From gas giants to rocky worlds: Why planets in our solar system differ
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
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Why do the solar system’s planets have different compositions?
While the composition of gas and dust in a precursor ... led to the formation of the gas and ice giants in the outer solar system. This first-order model of planetary growth in the solar nebula ...
An Asteroid Sample Just Changed What We Know About Life in Our Solar System
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...
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Unprecedented asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals crucial to life, scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...