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Searching In features, blog entries, column entries & articles, Under the topic Planetary Science
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The feature may be a ‘skylight’ in an underground lava tube.Published: Friday, November 20th, 2009Found in: Earth and Planetary Science -
Scientists have traced the reappearance of cotton pests in west-central Texas to a tropical storm.Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Found in: Agriculture, Earth, Ecology, Environment and Planetary Science -
Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Award named for late Science News writerJonathan Eberhart's name lives on in a new planetary-sciences award.Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2009Found in: Astronomy, Planetary Science and Science & Society -
Ron Cowen reports from the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences.Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Planetary Science
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Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Measuring citations: Calculations can vary widelyDepending on how citation tallies will be used, it may pay to cherry pick the appropriate counting house.Published: Monday, October 5th, 2009Found in: Biomedicine and Planetary Science
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Researchers have found the first compelling evidence for a rocky planet beyond the solar system. (p. 8)Published: October 10th, 2009; Vol.176 #8Found in: Astronomy and Planetary Science -
Home / News / October 10th, 2009; Vol.176 #8 / Atmospheric rollercoaster followed Great Oxidation EventAnalyses of chromium isotopes in banded iron formations suggest oxygen levels fell for a period after the Great Oxidation Event. (p. 11)Published: October 10th, 2009; Vol.176 #8Found in: Earth, Earth Science and Planetary Science
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Large meteoroids are probably more common than telescopic surveys suggest, new analyses find.Published: Friday, September 4th, 2009Found in: Atom & Cosmos, Earth, Earth Science and Planetary Science
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At least once a second, a dim, elderly star somewhere in the cosmos turns into a thermonuclear bomb. Briefly outshining its home galaxy, the explosion, known as a type 1a supernova, unleashes the equivalent of 1028 megatons of TNT — enough energy to destroy an entire solar system. Astronomers have marveled at these cosmic firecrackers for centuries. But so far nobody has explained in detail how these supernovas explode. Now, theorists are on the verge of attaining that understanding — and just in time, because astronomers are observing type 1a supernovas with a new urgency. In fact, t... (p. 22)Published: August 15th, 2009; Vol.176 #4Found in: Astronomy and Planetary Science -
Analysis of shuttle plume movement suggests Tunguska event could have caused clouds over London.Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Found in: Earth, Earth Science and Planetary Science
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Simultaneous snapshots reveal that northern and southern auroras aren’t always alike. (p. 14)Published: August 15th, 2009; Vol.176 #4Found in: Earth, Earth Science and Planetary Science -
A new model predicts that rises in sea level, combined with subsiding lands, will claim a tenth of the state by century’s end. (p. 15)Published: July 18th, 2009; Vol.176 #2Found in: Earth and Planetary Science -
A new study assesses the chances that two planets will collide or a planet will plunge into the sun in the next 5 billion years. (p. 9)Published: July 4th, 2009; Vol.176 #1Found in: Atom & Cosmos, Earth and Planetary Science -
Tiny silica plant structures from soil could track temperature changes. (p. 14)Published: June 20th, 2009; Vol.175 #13Found in: Earth and Planetary Science
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Medieval French castle, churches yield new data about Earth’s changing magnetic field. (p. 14)Published: June 20th, 2009; Vol.175 #13Found in: Earth and Planetary Science
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