#planetary-composition

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1 week ago

Lost Planet Theia that Created the Moon Came From the Inner Solar System

Theia formed near Earth and contributed iron and molybdenum to Earth's mantle, explaining the Moon and Earth’s near-identical isotopic compositions.
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2 months ago

Death of a star leaves an legacy for exoplanets

Planet structures and compositions vary widely according to the elemental abundances supplied by a star's death and present in its surrounding disk.
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