Burning down to rock
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Observers discovered 120 exoplanets that are worlds outside of the solar system since 1991and three appear to be gas giants because of their great size and low density. The star roasts the exoplanet and rips at it with its gravity that results in the exoplanet blowing away at least 10,000 tons of gas a second.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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Drawing the lines: is a pre-Columbus map of North America truly a hoax?
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The Vinland map was uncovered in a Geneva bookshop in 1957, which depicted a new land extremely fertile and having wines. A critic feels that the map is a hoax and was created by Father Joseph Fischer to tease the Nazis.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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The transit of Venus
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A transit of Venus occurs when the planet passes directly in front of the sun. The Venus transit of 2004 is useful to researchers preparing a spacecraft designed to detect planets in other solar systems.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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