Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope solves the mystery of a planet that survived its Sun’s death |
A white dwarf is usually thought of as the quiet remnant left behind after a star has exhausted…
Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet
Data reduction Our PRISM observation used 33 groups across 240 integrations, with each integration lasting 29.8 s, for a…
Atmospheric warming contributions from airborne microplastics and nanoplastics
Thompson, R. C. et al. Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?. Science 386, 6720 (2024).…
The Ozone Layer Is Healing, But There’s a Hidden Catch
Unexpected leaks from industrial chemicals are slowing the ozone layer’s recovery. Cutting these emissions could help the ozone…
Volatile-rich evolution of molten super-Earth L 98-59 d
Lichtenberg, T. & Miguel, Y. in Treatise on Geochemistry 3rd edn., Vol. 7 (eds Anbar, A. & Weis,…
Uncertain climate effects of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen
arising from: C. Gong et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07714-4 (2024). The net climate effect of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen (Nr)…
Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-I) may be associated with nuclear testing and reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena
This study provided a preliminary test of hypothesized associations between short-lived star-like transients identified in POSS-I sky survey…