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How we study our planet
We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.
Each of the planets, labeled b, c, d, and e, has a mass between 20% and 30% of Earth's, making them among the smallest yet detected using the radial velocity method.
Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn has been a part of The Weather Network's forecasting team for over two decades. She is also well ...
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Earth as a planet
Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.
An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...
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Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades, which knocked the country's atomic clocks ...