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Webb’s new high-definition look at exploded star: Cas A
Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on the holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams...
ESA’s Cheops mission unlocked a rare star system with six exoplanets
The discovery is particularly valuable.
Carbon Source on Europa: Implications for Life?
Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of a handful of worlds in our Solar System that could potentially harbour conditions suitable for life. Previous research...
Solar Orbiter found tiny jets could be the source of solar wind
Each jet lasts between 20 and 100 seconds, and expels plasma at around 100 km/s.
Astronomers observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpectedly smaller bright spot adjacent to...
This solar power station could provide clean energy for lunar operations
The butterfly-inspired Greater Earth Lunar Power Station could beam power to lunar bases.
Astronomers have found an exoplanet that can match Venus’ shininess
Cheops shows scorching exoplanet acts like a mirror.
Webb maps surprisingly large plume jetting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus
A water vapour plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 9600 kilometres — long enough to stretch across the Eurasian continent from Ireland...
Best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of intermediate-sized black holes
Hubble hunts for intermediate-sized black hole close to home.
The warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut
Astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the...