AstroBio.net NASA science site relating to Astrobiology,life, planets
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Astrobiology Magazine ::
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Excerpted from the website:
- A scientific expedition to a remote glacier field in Canada's High Arctic may help researchers unlock the secrets about the beginning of life and provide insights for future exploration of our solar system.
- A new explanation for forming super-Earths suggests that they are more likely to be found orbiting red dwarf stars-the most abundant type of star-than gas giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn. The theory, by Dr. Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, describes a mechanism whereby UV radiation from a nearby massive star strips off a planet's gaseous envelope exposing a super-Earth.
