Scientists have gotten very good at measuring the age of things using a variety of techniques, ranging from counting the rings on trees to using highly advanced radiocarbon dating, and much more. When ...
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Scientists say that Jupiter—the solar system's largest planet—might be slightly smaller than previously thought
Scientists may have been overestimating the size of the solar system’s biggest planet. New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft hint that Jupiter is a bit thinner and flatter than previously thought, ...
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Scientists discover Jupiter is smaller than previously thought: “The textbooks will need updating”
New measurements from the Juno probe show that the largest planet in the solar system is slightly smaller and flatter than ...
Widespread magnetism dating from our solar system’s earliest beginnings some 4.57 billion years ago likely played a major role in creating orbital order out of chaos. But until now, magnetism’s role ...
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