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Researchers used atomic-scale computer simulations to discover the importance of carbon in forming a solid planetary core.

A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons in Earth’s plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes on the ...

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The study revealed that liquid water still existed on Ryugu one billion years after its parent body formed. This conclusion ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons in Earth’s plasma sheet are contributing to weathering ...

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