planetary
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Each element provides information about a different stage in planetary development.
From Science Daily
"We discovered that deep faults can heal themselves within hours," said Amanda Thomas, professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Davis and corresponding author on the paper.
From Science Daily
Anything other than a nonzero prospect of hauling viable extraterrestrial organisms to Earth and introducing them to our biosphere raises the specter of what “planetary protection” specialists call “backward contamination.”
From Scientific American
During a briefing this week, Swain said that the effects of the eruption are still being studied, but that it is conceivable it may have led to temporary planetary warming.
From Los Angeles Times
Such a disk forms during a step in planetary formation when rocky material is just starting to gather itself together.
From Scientific American
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