Plate tectonics, the formation of faults and the moving of the continental crust over a molten interior, is a characteristic unique to Earth and it meant that minerals evolved far beyond those on any other planet in the Solar System.
Mars is the only other earth-like planet in the known universe.
Alan Stern, who's the lead scientist on this mission, says there are bound to be other surprises in store regarding the ninth planet from the sun.
Couple such capability with new satellite measurements (America's Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 is due to launch in a few years) and better measurements of the mass of plant life in forests and other ecosystems, and the planet's greenhouse-gas credits and debits will surely be understood far better.
"Many scientists and mathematicians have looked... at the question of whether life likely exists beyond Earth, and have come to the conclusion that the odds are pretty high that somewhere among the trillions and trillions of stars in the Universe there is a planet other than ours that is home to life, " he wrote.
This futuristic vision of what appears to be a colony for a planet other than ours in colored pencil, ink and sepia wash is done in the calligraphic hand of a fastidious draftsman.
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In fact, many believe Puck was the original celebrity chef, and he was also the first to embrace Las Vegas as a restaurant destination, and virtually every other acclaimed chef on the planet followed in his footsteps.
Opportunity is exploring in an area called Meridiani Planum on the other side of planet.
With the continuous social, climate and other changes of our planet, UNESCO invests in timeless values: education, scientific research and cultural diversity, thus laying the foundations for peaceful coexistence and sustainable development.
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Other spacecraft sailed blindly past Mars or burned up in the planet's atmosphere during landing attempts.
The person you are dealing with may be in your neighbourhood or may be on the other side of the planet.
It's quite a draw for B-school applicants in Asia, attracting more of them (as measured by the number that have sent in their admission test scores) than any other school on the planet outside Harvard.
In other words, we know that sustainability is good for saving our planet, but is it good for shareholder value?
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From this it was possible to work out which wavelengths of light the planet reflects, and which it absorbs in other words, its colour.
Derry's City of Culture year was a major reason for its fourth placing in the Lonely Planet list, but Tom Hall said there were other considerations.
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Rarely visited by Westerners, Somaliland is fundamentally different from the other countries in the region -- and almost anywhere else on the planet.
Finding microbes in the frigid, dark waters of the lake could help scientists better understand the origins of life on our own planet and the potential environments in which it could arise on other planets.
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Mr. JACK LISSAUER (NASA): This is likely to be or plausibly the first rocky planet around a normal star other than the sun, and in that sense it's a class of planets like Earth.
Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere.
Shock waves from the impact would travel through the planet and disrupt the crust on the other side, causing changes in the magnetic field recorded there.
Prof Solomon said that what Messenger finds not only unlocks secrets about the innermost planet in our Solar System, but could also shed light on those of other planets.
Such questions are easier on Ascension, where the ecological canvas was almost empty to begin with, than in the other novel ecosystems that humans are, mostly by accident, setting up around the planet.
Jean William, co-founder of Planet.eco, said his company was formed in late 2011 when two other firms joined forces, one of which secured federal trademark protection for the term .eco in 2008, Mr. William said.
The world I envision in the longer term is one where every email address on this planet is the equal to every other email address.
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At the same time the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center has released a report noting that this spring in the United States has been the warmest since record-keeping began in 1895, a group of scientists has published a paper in the journal Nature warning that the planet is approaching a critical tipping point because of climate and other factors.
In five years it has suffered only eight minutes of downtime, better than almost any other system on the planet.
He's all the way on the other side of the planet, but Santa is fast, and he can get to any house in seconds.
The monumental challenge of cooking fresh food in schools, hospitals and other institutions has left many of these establishments serving some of the worst food on the planet.
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