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Earth’s Oxygen Could be Making the Moon Rust
It takes oxygen to make iron rust. So when scientists discovered hematite spread widely through lunar high latitudes, they were…
New Data Show How Phytoplankton Pumps Carbon Out of the Atmosphere at an Enormous Scale
One of the most fascinating things about planet Earth is the way that life shapes the Earth and the Earth…
Molecular Oxygen on Mars is Behaving Unusually Through the Seasons. A Sign of Life?
An atmospheric drama has been playing out on Mars lately. Up until now, the main actor has been methane, and…
Even if Exoplanets Have Atmospheres With Oxygen, it Doesn’t Mean There’s Life There
In their efforts to find evidence of life beyond our Solar System, scientists are forced to take what is known…
There Might be Enough Oxygen Below the Surface of Mars to Support Life
According to new study supported by NASA, a team of researchers found that Mars may have enough oxygen in subsurface…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 3, 2017: Meredith Rawls & the LSST
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Meredith Rawls Meredith is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the…
Winged Telescope Detects Martian Atomic Oxygen
The airborne observatory SOFIA has detected atomic oxygen in Mars' upper atmosphere. It's been 40 years since oxygen has been…
How Do We Terraform Saturn’s Moons?
Within the Saturn system, there are many moons which could present the opportunity terraforming. But to do so presents many…
Why Do Red Giants Expand?
We know that the Sun will last another 5 billion years and then expand us a red giant. What will…
Can You Kill a Star With Iron?
Since the energy required to fuse iron is more than the energy that you get from doing it, could you…