New study claims Mars had oxygen-rich atmosphere 4 billion years ago
Scientists from Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford have analyzed the compositions of Martian meteorites found on ...
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Earth’s prehistoric atmosphere was covered in a haze similar to Saturn’s moon, Titan
If you think today's urban air, thickened with noxious smog, is terrible, just imagine how the Earth was filled in ...
Oxygen atmosphere on Saturn’s moon, Dione
It's been less than a month since we published the last thing about the Cassini probe, and the amazing spacecraft ...
Exotic extreme microbes played a role in Earth’s early atmosphere
Some species of bacteria can survive virtually anywhere: in acids, in nuclear waste, at extremely low or high temperatures, at ...
Peru meteorite forces scientists to rewrite books
Back in September, a meteorite crashed somewhere in Peru, scaring locals and digging a hole in the ground, but pleased ...
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The largest stars in the Universe (that we’ve found so far)
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