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Using tides to peek into asteroid interiors

Using tides to peek into asteroid interiors

by Konstantin Gerbig | Oct 25, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

How to look into the interiors of asteroids? Tidal interactions during close encounters with Earth might just work!

Meteors Ahead! Does Kuiper Belt Dust Affect Titan’s Atmosphere?

Meteors Ahead! Does Kuiper Belt Dust Affect Titan’s Atmosphere?

by Lili Alderson | Apr 2, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Impacts might have been a disaster for the Titanic, but on Titan, they could explain some intriguing atmospheric anomalies! Today’s paper investigates the influence of meteors on Saturn’s largest moon

Let’s get building (some terrestrial planets)!

Let’s get building (some terrestrial planets)!

by Alice Curtin | Dec 29, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

We know a whole lot about the Earth, except for how it actually formed. Read on the hear the latest research of the mechanisms responsible for forming rocky planets like the Earth!

Meteor Showers and Common Misconceptions

Meteor Showers and Common Misconceptions

by Guest | Apr 30, 2020 | Course Assignments

Meteor showers are some of the most fascinating events in astronomy. In this post, guest author Laura Marseglia explains what is really happening when you see a meteor streak across the sky.

The Spooky Origins of the Solar System

The Spooky Origins of the Solar System

by Emily Sandford | Oct 31, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries

Dead zones!?! Dust?! An arbitrary pumpkin metaphor!?

Nature’s Starships Vol. I – Ride in on Shooting Stars

Nature’s Starships Vol. I – Ride in on Shooting Stars

by Tim Lichtenberg | Jun 26, 2015 | Daily Paper Summaries

Amino acids were possibly brought to Earth by meteorite impacts, which contaminated the young environment with organic compounds. However, where and how did these most basic ingredients of life form in the first place?

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