Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Titan’s Dense Atmosphere
Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Despite its ...
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Computer Model Offers First-Ever Detailed Look at Earth's 'Ignorosphere'
Credit: Roberto Machado Noa/Moment via The past few centuries have yielded an abundance of information about ...
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Introduction to Air Pollution
The Earth's atmosphere is a thin sheet of air extending from the surface of the Earth to the edge of space. The thickness of the atmosphere is about 60 miles. Air is composed of approximately 78% ...
Experiments corroborate theory about how Titan maintains its atmosphere
Southwest Research Institute partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science to perform laboratory experiments to better ...
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Origins: Where Are the Aliens?
A thick atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide covers Venus, trapping heat and raising surface temperatures. Clouds on Venus form from sulfuric acid. Earth's atmosphere is 77 percent nitrogen ...
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Saturn's moon Titan has insulating methane-rich crust up to six miles thick
Estimating the thickness of the methane ice shell ... greenhouse gas methane warms and cycles through the atmosphere," said Schurmeier. "Earth's methane clathrate hydrates, found in the permafrost ...