A unified model explains extreme jet streams on all giant planets
One of the most remarkable properties of our solar system's giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – is ...
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Webb lets researchers use new method to find atmospheres of distant planets
One of the major goals of astronomical research is to find planets other than Earth that might be suitable for ...
Existence of Earth-like planet orbiting dead sun offers hope for our planet’s ultimate survival
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light-years away in the Milky Way galaxy offers a glimpse of our planet's ...
Study shows thick atmosphere of early Mars may be trapped in planet’s clay surface
Mars wasn’t always the cold desert we know today. There’s growing evidence that water flowed across the surface of the ...
Potential indicators of life on other planets can be created in the laboratory
One way to understand the potential for life on distant planets—those in other solar systems and orbiting different stars—is to ...
Discovery of doughnut-shaped region inside Earth’s core sheds light on planet’s magnetic field
Scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a doughnut-shaped region thousands of kilometres below our feet in the ...
New research reveals young planets are flattened structures rather than spherical
Astrophysicists from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have discovered that planets have flattened shapes like smarties immediately after they ...
Vines strangle forests in hot weather and threaten planet’s cooling ‘carbon sink’
As Earth records its hottest year on record, a global research collaboration has found that warmer temperatures are a key ...
Researchers reveal new findings about diamond rain on ice planets
An international team of researchers led by Dr Mungo Frost from the SLAC Research Center in California has gained new ...
Astrophysicists explore links between atmospheric oxygen and detection of alien technology on distant planets
In their quest to understand the potential for life beyond Earth, researchers are expanding their research to encompass not only ...
