Strange Green Glow From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Scientists Puzzled
Images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS snapped during the September 7 total lunar eclipse seem to suggest that the…
New satellites will give 30-minute warning of solar storm emergencies
54717.jpeg None The risk of solar storms is growing, Nasa said last week, threatening astronauts, satellites, power networks…
Webb Detects Complex Structures in Upper Atmosphere of Saturn
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope have detected a series of dark, bead-like and asymmetric star-shaped…
Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake.…
Martian North Polar Vortex Creates Seasonal Ozone Layer, Planetary Scientists Say
The polar vortex is a consequence of Martian seasons, which occur because the planet’s axis is tilted at…
What We Know about Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
After 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov, 3I/ATLAS is the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System…
Solar system ‘time capsule’ meteorite hunt underway in Scotland
Hikers in Scotland are being asked to assist scientists in a “race against time” to recover fragments of…
Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare ‘double zoom’ technique
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Webb Detects Methane Gas on Dwarf Planet Makemake
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found evidence for gaseous methane on the distant dwarf…
1st known interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua is an ‘exo-Pluto’ — a completely new class of object, scientists say
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Is There Actually A Ninth Planet In Our Solar System? Here’s What We Know
On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn’t by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by…
Don’t Miss A ‘Planet Parade’ This Weekend Amid Aurora And ‘Blood Moon’
Topline An imminent “blood moon” total lunar eclipse and a rare display of the Northern Lights in the…