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Star behavior can distort our view of distant planets
New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...
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Scorching 'Hot Neptune' exoplanet with atmosphere that 'shouldn't exist' stuns scientists
The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...
Nasa to launch PUNCH Sun mission to recreate solar eclipse
The PUNCH mission will also involve creating an artificial total solar eclipse, which will provide an extended, ...
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Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar system
New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial planets, helping scientists piece together the chaotic history of our solar ...
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Temperamental stars could be ruining our view of thousands of exoplanets, Hubble Telescope finds
Using 20 years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered that turbulent stars could be corrupting ...
Researchers discover exoplanet that may have potential to sustain life
The planet was originally identified two years earlier by Oxford University scientist Dr Michael Cretignier. The finding has ...
Scientists have some novel ideas to save the ice caps. Here are the most out-of-the-box suggestions
Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical climate milestone. Others aren’t as convinced ...
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The Fraught U.S.-Soviet Search for Alien Life
During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...
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World Photo Day: Inside Goddard's Lens Masters
Ambiguity.That's the word that comes to mind when documentary photographers start each day at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt ...
Researchers confirm an exoplanet potentially capable of sustaining life
An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
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NASA's launching a new sun mission this month: 'PUNCH is going to see a total solar eclipse'
"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...