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Earth Might Have Formed in Just a Few Million Years
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago. That simplistic statement is common, and it's a good starting point for understanding…
Pale Blue Successfully Operates its Water-Based Propulsion System in Orbit
New in-space propulsion techniques seem to be popping out of the woodwork. The level of innovation behind moving things around…
Water’s Epic Journey to Earth Began Before the Sun Formed
The origins of Earth's water is a complicated mystery that scientists have been untangling for decades. Life is impossible without…
Machine Learning Will be one of the Best Ways to Identify Habitable Exoplanets
A new study has shown how machine learning will aid next-generation telescopes in the search for water on exoplanets.
Water was Already Here Before the Earth Formed
Where did Earth's water come from? That's one of the most compelling questions in the ongoing effort to understand life's…
We Might Know Why Mars Lost its Magnetic Field
Mars is a parched planet ruled by global dust storms. It's also a frigid world, where night-time winter temperatures fall…
Even Tiny Mimas Seems to Have an Internal Ocean of Liquid Water
Data from the Cassini mission keeps fuelling discoveries. The latest discovery is that Saturn's tiny moon Mimas may have an…
Chefs on the Moon Will be Cooking up Rocks to Make air and Water
NASA has delayed their Artemis mission to the Moon, but that doesn't mean a return to the Moon isn't imminent.…
How Does Water go From Interstellar Clouds to Habitable Worlds?
Water moves. On Earth, it moves in the form of rivers, rain, or ocean swells. In space, its movements are…
Brines Could be Present on the Surface of Mars for up to 12 Hours, Never for a Full day
We are extremely interested in the possibility of water on Mars, because where there's water, there's the potential for life.…