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TRAPPIST-1b Could Have Carbon Dioxide-Rich Atmosphere, Study Reveals
A new study published in Nature Astronomy proposes that TRAPPIST-1b, the innermost planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system, might have a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. This discovery comes from new data showing a reflective haze in the planet's upper atmosphere. Scientists are also investigating the possibility of volcanic activity based on the planet’s...
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Venus Never Had Oceans or Conditions to Support Life, New Study Finds
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have concluded that Venus likely never had oceans or conditions to support life. Their study, published in Nature Astronomy, analysed atmospheric chemistry and volcanic activity. They found that volcanic gases lacked significant steam, indicating the planet's interior has always been dry. This research ha...
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Study Finds Venus Likely Never Had Oceans, Challenging Past Theories
Recent research published in Nature Astronomy challenges past ideas about Venus, suggesting it never had oceans or conditions for life. Analysis of the planet's volcanic gases and atmospheric composition revealed that Venus’s interior is dry, ruling out the presence of liquid water. This conclusion highlights the stark contrast between Venus and ...
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Astronomers Confirm Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B as Twin Pair Orbiting in 12 Days
Scientists have discovered that Gliese 229B, the first brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago, is actually two brown dwarfs orbiting close to each other. This unexpected find was made using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, solving a long-standing puzzle about the object's dim appearance. The twins, Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb, orbit each other in ...
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Scientists Find An Unexpected Player In Earth's Climate Cycles - Mars
Our existence is governed by natural cycles, from the daily rhythms of sleeping and eating, to longer patterns such as the turn of the seasons and the quadrennial round of leap years.
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Europa's Icy Shell Produces Enough Oxygen For A Million People Daily: Study
The ice-covered Jovian moon generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours - enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day.
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Time Appeared To Run Five Times Slow In The Early Universe, Say Study
The study said just over a billion years after the Big Bang, time appeared to flow five times slower.
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Scientists Are Turning Data Into Sound to Listen to Whispers of the Universe (And More)
Scientists are using data sonification, the process of converting data into sound, to understand space at a deeper level. Its use as a tool in science is still in its early stages, but astronomy groups are leading the way. A new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, discusses the current state of data sonification in astronomy and other fields, and...
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Asteroids Appear Rough Due to Space Dust Hopping on Them, Suggests Research
A new study from physicists suggests that tiny grains of space dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, making them appear rough. The study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, may help scientists understand how asteroids bring them dangerously close to Earth.
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Researchers Create Time Machine Simulations to Study the Life Cycle of Galaxy Cities in the Past
Scientists from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe have constructed simulations that directly mimic the whole life cycle of some of the greatest collections of galaxies discovered 11 billion years ago in the distant universe. Most are simply statistically constructed to resemble the real world. Constrained cosmologi...
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Researchers Explore Potential Star System in Milky Way Which Can Burst Into Supernova
A team of researchers have found that a quadruple star system – known as HD 74438 – could represent a new channel by which thermonuclear supernova explosions can occur in the universe. In their study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, they have shown that the gravitational effects of the outer binary system are changing the orbits of th...
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Record-Breaking Eruption of Young Star Nearby Holds Warning for Earth, Say Scientists
Scientists have warned that a nearby star experienced an energy blast at least 10 times bigger than the biggest CME the Sun has ever recorded in a warning to earth.
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First Findings Of NASA's Juno Mission To Unravel Jupiter Water Mystery
NASA's Juno mission has provided its first science results on the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. Published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy, the Juno results estimate that at the equator, water makes up about 0.25 per cent of the molecules in Jupiter's atmosphere - almost three times that of the Sun.
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Water Vapour Found on Potentially Habitable Planet, Scientists Say
In the dim, red light of an alien sun, scientists have found the first evidence for water in the atmosphere of a rocky planet - offering a tantalizing new target in the search for life in the universe.
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Study of Two Exoplanets Offers Unique Insight Into How Planets Are Formed
Scientists have discovered that exoplanets Kepler-107b and Kepler-107c might offer a unique insight into how worlds are formed.
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TRAPPIST-1b Could Have Carbon Dioxide-Rich Atmosphere, Study Reveals
A new study published in Nature Astronomy proposes that TRAPPIST-1b, the innermost planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system, might have a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. This discovery comes from new data showing a reflective haze in the planet's upper atmosphere. Scientists are also investigating the possibility of volcanic activity based on the planet’s...
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Venus Never Had Oceans or Conditions to Support Life, New Study Finds
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have concluded that Venus likely never had oceans or conditions to support life. Their study, published in Nature Astronomy, analysed atmospheric chemistry and volcanic activity. They found that volcanic gases lacked significant steam, indicating the planet's interior has always been dry. This research ha...
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Study Finds Venus Likely Never Had Oceans, Challenging Past Theories
Recent research published in Nature Astronomy challenges past ideas about Venus, suggesting it never had oceans or conditions for life. Analysis of the planet's volcanic gases and atmospheric composition revealed that Venus’s interior is dry, ruling out the presence of liquid water. This conclusion highlights the stark contrast between Venus and ...
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Astronomers Confirm Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B as Twin Pair Orbiting in 12 Days
Scientists have discovered that Gliese 229B, the first brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago, is actually two brown dwarfs orbiting close to each other. This unexpected find was made using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, solving a long-standing puzzle about the object's dim appearance. The twins, Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb, orbit each other in ...
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Scientists Find An Unexpected Player In Earth's Climate Cycles - Mars
Our existence is governed by natural cycles, from the daily rhythms of sleeping and eating, to longer patterns such as the turn of the seasons and the quadrennial round of leap years.
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Europa's Icy Shell Produces Enough Oxygen For A Million People Daily: Study
The ice-covered Jovian moon generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours - enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day.
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Time Appeared To Run Five Times Slow In The Early Universe, Say Study
The study said just over a billion years after the Big Bang, time appeared to flow five times slower.
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Scientists Are Turning Data Into Sound to Listen to Whispers of the Universe (And More)
Scientists are using data sonification, the process of converting data into sound, to understand space at a deeper level. Its use as a tool in science is still in its early stages, but astronomy groups are leading the way. A new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, discusses the current state of data sonification in astronomy and other fields, and...
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Asteroids Appear Rough Due to Space Dust Hopping on Them, Suggests Research
A new study from physicists suggests that tiny grains of space dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, making them appear rough. The study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, may help scientists understand how asteroids bring them dangerously close to Earth.
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Researchers Create Time Machine Simulations to Study the Life Cycle of Galaxy Cities in the Past
Scientists from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe have constructed simulations that directly mimic the whole life cycle of some of the greatest collections of galaxies discovered 11 billion years ago in the distant universe. Most are simply statistically constructed to resemble the real world. Constrained cosmologi...
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Researchers Explore Potential Star System in Milky Way Which Can Burst Into Supernova
A team of researchers have found that a quadruple star system – known as HD 74438 – could represent a new channel by which thermonuclear supernova explosions can occur in the universe. In their study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, they have shown that the gravitational effects of the outer binary system are changing the orbits of th...
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Record-Breaking Eruption of Young Star Nearby Holds Warning for Earth, Say Scientists
Scientists have warned that a nearby star experienced an energy blast at least 10 times bigger than the biggest CME the Sun has ever recorded in a warning to earth.
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First Findings Of NASA's Juno Mission To Unravel Jupiter Water Mystery
NASA's Juno mission has provided its first science results on the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. Published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy, the Juno results estimate that at the equator, water makes up about 0.25 per cent of the molecules in Jupiter's atmosphere - almost three times that of the Sun.
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Water Vapour Found on Potentially Habitable Planet, Scientists Say
In the dim, red light of an alien sun, scientists have found the first evidence for water in the atmosphere of a rocky planet - offering a tantalizing new target in the search for life in the universe.
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Study of Two Exoplanets Offers Unique Insight Into How Planets Are Formed
Scientists have discovered that exoplanets Kepler-107b and Kepler-107c might offer a unique insight into how worlds are formed.
