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Space Exploration
Space Exploration
Space Exploration
Will we ever be able to send humans to Jupiter?
We find out if we can make the gas giant and its moons destinations for future manned missions
Deep Space
Astronomers use car engines to investigate hot exoplanet atmospheres
The results of a collaboration between French astronomers and applied combustion experts have been presented at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS)
Solar System
Juno Update: Jupiter’s clouds delve deeper than expected
The latest scientific results from NASA’s Juno spacecraft unveil new information about the planets cloud tops, along with some amazing new images
Deep Space
Unveiling the atmospheres of the TRAPPIST-1 system
Three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 lack hydrogen in their atmospheres, which could be a good sign for its habitability
News
Astronomers detect atmosphere around super-Earth
The exoplanet’s atmosphere could be rich in water and methane
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Dwarf planet’s temporary atmosphere linked to Sun’s activity
It’s long been thought that Ceres may have a very weak, transient atmosphere, but mysteries lingered about its origin and why it’s not always present
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Asteroids and dwarf planets could be camouflaged
The appearance of small bodies in the outer Solar System could be deceiving
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Cassini starts ‘diving’ into Saturn’s rings ahead of grand mission finale
A thrilling ride is about to begin for NASA’s spacecraft…
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Cassini spacecraft prepares for spectacular mission finale at Saturn
With the conclusion of the international mission set for September 2017, the spacecraft is poised to begin a thrilling two-part endgame
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Astronomers find ‘impossible’ frozen cloud on Titan
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud on Saturn’s largest moon could possibly be similar to one seen over Earth’s poles
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft begins its final year at Saturn
After more than 12 years studying the gas giant’s rings and moons, the spacecraft has entered the final year of its epic voyage
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IceCube draws a blank on search for dark matter’s ‘ghost particle’
Failing to detect the elusive particle means we remain in the dark about the origin of why neutrinos have mass
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Mars was much more Earth-like in its past than previously thought, Curiosity finds
Chemicals found in Martian rocks by the rover suggest the Red Planet once had more oxygen in its atmosphere than it does now
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Venus lost oceans to electric winds, spacecraft finds
A team of astronomers have discovered why water has been whisked away from Earth’s evil twin
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Cloudy exoplanets could be hiding an abundance of water
Astronomers have found many hot Jupiters with water in their atmospheres, but others appear to have none
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New Horizons Update: Secrets from Pluto’s ‘twilight zone’ revealed
The spacecraft’s team has released another stunning image of Pluto only a few minutes after closest approach during July last year
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Most Earth-like planet most likely to be uninhabitable
The exoplanet could have been made hostile by vast quantities of radiation
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Solar storms stripped early Mars of ‘habitable environment’
The cause of the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment to the cold, arid planet it is today has been revealed
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Comet Lovejoy found to release sugar and ‘500 bottles of wine’ every second
Lovejoy lived up to its name by releasing large amounts of alcohol as well as a type of sugar into space, according to new observations