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In the most recent issue of Nature, two articles were published about Saturn’s most recent Great White Spot; these features are huge storms on Saturn which occur once every 30 years or so (a year on Saturn is 29.5 Earth years). This storm appeared in mid-December, a bit ahead of schedule. Since there are already … Continue reading
One of the important goals of exoplanet science is to discover habitable planets that have the necessary conditions for life to form and thrive. Such planets will exist within the ‘habitable zone’ of a star. In this paper, the authors present Global Circulation Models which suggest that Gliese 581d could be in the habitable zone if it has a thick carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. Continue reading
My first AAS is at a close. On Tuesday, I attended still more talks on exoplanets, some of which I will discuss below, while on Wednesday I manned my poster. Continue reading
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