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Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth by Futurelearn
Learn about the atmospheric chemistry of planets and celestial bodies and explore the possibility of finding life beyond Earth.
Course Highlights
- Explore the diversity of planetary atmospheres across the solar system.
- Investigate what scientific data on the composition of planetary atmospheres can be gathered from Earth and from space probes.
- Reflect on the search for habitable planets.
- Assess how the science of planetary atmospheres is presented in the media.
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
5 Topics
Planetary observation using active and passive space missions.
How scientists analyse the composition of planetary atmospheres.
How atmospheres are created and evolve.
The factors needed to support life.
The search for habitable planets outside our solar system.
Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth
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