Friday 26 April 2019

Rapid destruction of Earth-like atmospheres by young stars

Rapid destruction of Earth-like atmospheres by young stars

The discoveries of thousands of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system has made questions about the potential for life to form on these planets fundamentally important in modern science. Fundamentally important for the habitability of a planet is whether or not it can hold onto an atmosphere, which requires that the atmosphere is not completely lost early in the lifetime of the planet.
Read more: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-rapid-destruction-earth-like-atmospheres-young.html?source=Snapzu

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