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Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists from the, University of Leeds, and University College London has uncovered ...

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The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, ...

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Caltech researchers have developed a new simulation of the hydrological cycle on Jupiter, modeling how water vapor condenses ...