James Webb Space Telescope could begin learning about TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres in a single year, study indicates

James Webb Space Telescope could begin learning about TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres in a single year, study indicates

New research from astronomers at the University of Washington uses the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 planetary system as a kind of laboratory to model not the planets themselves, but how the coming James Webb Space Telescope might detect and study their atmospheres, …

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Deep-sea sediments reveal solar system chaos: An advance in dating geologic archives

A day is the time for Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis, a year is the time for Earth to make one revolution around the Sun—reminders that basic units of time and periods on Earth are intimately linked to our planet’s motion in space relative to…

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