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04 Mar 2011
Clouds and the Faint Young Sun Paradox
C. Goldblatt
now at: Astronomy Department, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
K. J. Zahnle
Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Super-Earths and life - a fascinating puzzle: Example GJ 581d L. Kaltenegger et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921311020461
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