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Earth, the Final Frontier

NASA critics have long wanted to shut the agency out of research related to climate change. The problem is, not only is earth science a long-running part of NASA’s “prime mission,” but it is uniquely positioned to do it. Without NASA, climate research worldwide would be hobbled.

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The Silurian Hypothesis

Would It Be Possible to Detect an Industrial Civilization in the Geological Record?

- International Journal of Astrobiology

Hot Planetary Winds Near a Star

Dynamics, Wind-Wind Interactions, and Observational Signatures

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Outflow-Driven Turbulence in Molecular Clouds

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Protostellar Outflow Evolution in Turbulent Environments

- The Astrophysical Journal

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