New studies find differing Mars-Earth formation, simpler Enceladus ocean sampling

Two planetary science papers published this week report revised findings on rocky planet origins and icy moon observation.

Luisa Marconi

Senior Space Correspondent

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Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded Earth and Mars formed via different planetary formation processes, in work published in Nature Astronomy.^[1]