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Cloudy with a chance of wind

Cloudy with a chance of wind

by Stephanie (Hamilton) Deppe | Sep 4, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries

How does gravity tell us about the winds in a planet’s atmosphere? Read on to find out!

Looking at Stars but Seeing the Kuiper Belt

Looking at Stars but Seeing the Kuiper Belt

by Will Saunders | Aug 29, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries

A low-cost survey found the first kilometer-sized Kuiper Belt Object using stellar occultations and clever analysis.

A Proposed Moon Formation Theory: The Multiple-Impact Hypothesis

A Proposed Moon Formation Theory: The Multiple-Impact Hypothesis

by Guest | Aug 12, 2019 | Course Assignments, Daily Paper Summaries

Could the Moon have formed from multiple impacts? Find out in today’s guest post by Jacob Azoulay.

Adventure to an Asteroid: JAXA’s Hayabusa2 visits Ryugu

Adventure to an Asteroid: JAXA’s Hayabusa2 visits Ryugu

by Briley Lewis | Aug 5, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries

Earlier this year, JAXA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid — one that can hopefully tell us about the solar system’s past, and how life on Earth came to be.

The Secret to a Steady Relationship in the Kuiper Belt

The Secret to a Steady Relationship in the Kuiper Belt

by Will Saunders | Jul 1, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries

Survival rates of Kuiper Belt Objects with binary companions are used to determine the history of the Solar System.

Why is there nothing between Mercury and the Sun?

Why is there nothing between Mercury and the Sun?

by Michael Hammer | Dec 28, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries

Ever wonder why there aren’t more planets between Mercury and the Sun? Maybe it’s the Sun’s fault.

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