Trajectory Models of Refractory Particles Help Solve Two Solar System Puzzles
In a newly published study, astrophysicists detail how they modeled the trajectories of refractory particles in the unstable disk of gas and dust that formed…
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Diogenites Provide Clues of the Earliest Days of Our Solar System
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science are focusing on an old type of meteorite called diogenites to gain a better understanding of the earliest…
Chondrites, Not Comets, are the Likely Source of Volatile Elements on Earth
A new study from scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science contradicts prevailing theories about the relationship between in carbonaceous chondrites and comets, finding that…
New Planet Weighing Technique Measures Non-Transiting Planet’s Mass
Using a new method that involves studying the carbon monoxide signature of a planet’s atmosphere, scientists were able to measure the exact mass of a…
Can Jupiter-Like Planets Lead to Earth-Like Planets?
Scientists are searching for Earth-like planets by searching near Jupiter-like planets. Using data from NASA’s Kepler mission, scientists have identified 63 candidate hot Jupiter systems,…
The Most Distant Cluster of Red Galaxies Ever Observed
Missed by previous surveys, astronomers using FourStar find 30 red galaxies, which form the earliest known “galaxy city” in the universe, located 10.5 billion light…
Billion Year Old Surface Water Found in Oceanic Plates
While analyzing samples of submarine volcanic glass near subduction zones, scientists found something unexpected. They saw changes in isotopes of hydrogen and boron from the…
Team of International Scientists Discover New Super-Earth
Using public data from the European Southern Observatory with measurements from the Keck Observatory’s High Resolution Echelle Spectrograph and the Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph at…