September 2024 News and research papers

 

September 2024 News and research papers

Hi Folks

 

Not too many papers this month that I’ve found but there are some really interesting ones well worth a read this month. The Earth having a ring was interesting. There was a look at F type stars I’m thinking Sirius here, perhaps below 2 solar masses and you could have a nice exo planet for life. There is also a look at the fauna of long lost NZ, and a reasonable explanation of the Neanderthals disappearing too, I’m thinking sure the ice ages numbers couldn’t have been too high.    

 

A synchronous moon as a possible cause of Mars' initial triaxiality

https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14725

 

Short-timescale Spatial Variability of Ganymede's Optical Aurora

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ad49a2

 

Evidence suggesting that earth had a ring in the Ordovician

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X24004230

 

Nightside Clouds on Tidally-locked Terrestrial Planets Mimic Atmosphere-Free Scenarios

https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07542

 

Statistics and Habitability of F-type Star–Planet Systems

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ad65eb

 

A synopsis of the Early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699524000524

 

Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction

https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(24)00177-0

 

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Interesting News items

 

Life on alien planets probably wouldn’t experience day and night – here’s how that may change evolution

https://theconversation.com/life-on-alien-planets-probably-wouldnt-experience-day-and-night-heres-how-that-may-change-evolution-237089

 

 

 

Why the “habitable zone” doesn’t always mean habitable

https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-the-habitable-zone-doesnt-always-mean-habitable

 

 

Interesting look at the Moon

https://www.astronomy.com/science/chinas-change-5-finds-evidence-of-recent-volcanism-on-the-moon

 

 

 

watercress anyone?

https://www.universetoday.com/168627/plants-would-still-grow-well-under-alien-skies/

 

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