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‘Marsquakes’ lead scientists to recreate conditions thought to exist in the Martian core

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‘Marsquakes’ measured by NASA’s InSight rover and an experiment to recreate the conditions thought to exist in the Martian core could reveal how the planet formed.  Researchers from the University of Tokyo have been studying the seismic properties of iron-sulphur – thought to be the substance at the core of Mars. It’s not known exactly … Read more

Exoplanet 730 light-years away in the ‘hot Neptuian desert’ may be the core of a gas giant 

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Mysterious exoplanet 40 times bigger than Earth and 730 light-years away in the ‘hot Neptuian desert’ may be the core of a gas giant An exoplanet has been discovered 730 light-years from Earth  However, it is just the core of what was once a gas giant similar to Saturn Cosmic radiation or a collision with another … Read more