Space
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An exoplanet that goes to extremes
CHEOPS sends back data on a hot gas giant.
European astronomers are taking a close look at one of the hottest known exoplanets. Initial measurements made by ...
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Icy Mars lakes
Briny lakes found under the Martian ice cap.
Scientists using ground-penetrating radar have discovered a cluster of lakes beneath the Martian south polar ice cap....
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It’s safer inside the ISS than out
Scientists estimate radiation exposure on the Moon.
Chinese and German scientists have used data from China’s 2019 Chang’E 4 lander mission to predict the amount of radi...
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Images of the Milky Way sound like this
Welcome to the world of sonification in space.
Telescopes allow us to “see” space. Astronomers translate their digital data into images of a world that would otherw...
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SpaceWatch: lights, moon ice, old rocks
New views of Enceladus, Ryugu and Comet 67P
Comet 67P is shining bright The irregularly shaped Comet 67P. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM Data from the Europea...
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A crisp new portrait of Jupiter’s storms
And that’s Europa lurking, stage left.
This newly released image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August, was captured when the plan...
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A stellar finding about shapes in space
Unique observations reveal colour and diversity.
Astronomers have proposed a new explanation for the varied shapes of planetary nebulae, based on a unique set of obse...
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White dwarf's surprise companion
Astronomers discover an exoplanet near a dead star.
A giant intact exoplanet has been found orbiting close to a white dwarf star for the first time. The discovery sug...
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Focus
Welcome, all, to Solar Cycle 25
Experts expect it will be a lot like the last one.
Solar Cycle 24 has officially ended, solar physicists say, and Solar Cycle 25 is expected to be another mild one, wit...
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Origin of the elements reviewed
Study suggests neutron stars not such big players.
Colliding neutron stars do not create as many of the chemical elements in the Universe as has been assumed, according...
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Venus keeps teasing us about life
Phosphine gas has been detected in its atmosphere.
Scientists studying the atmosphere of Venus have found traces of a rare chemical that on Earth can only be produced b...
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Australia re-enters the space race
SA-based Southern Launch begins rocket test program.
South Australia’s west coast will roar with the sound of rocket launches this week, as start-up Southern Launch begin...