Through an Hourglass Darkly
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Radioactive isotopes are used to study the early history of our solar system. Astronomers compare accumulated daughter nuclides and parent radioactive species, and use these isotopes to try to understand how the solar system was formed. Despite advances in this area of study, understanding of the early solar system remains murky.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1999
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Stars are seen through a cloud, darkly, says a new theory
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Laser spectroscopists have proposed an explanation for the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) that appear in the spectra of a cluster of stars. They believe the DIBs are caused by clouds of molecular hydrogen near the stars.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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Water on the sun: molecules everywhere
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Research using a variational method of spectral analysis has confirmed earlier evidence of the existence of water on the surface of the sun. The water is found only in the central dark spots called sunspot umbrae.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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