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Planetary Sciences 14 hours ago

Sun's explosions echo in Earth's skies: How the atmosphere synchronizes with solar flare pulsations

Earth's atmosphere is much more sensitive to ripples of radiation from the sun than scientists previously believed, new research by Queen's University Belfast has found.

Astrobiology 15 hours ago

An astronomer explains the extraordinary evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life

The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way galaxy alone hosts hundreds of millions of potentially habitable planets. Astronomers are using powerful ...

Astronomy Apr 25, 2025

Circinus West: A dark nebula harboring a nest of newly formed stars

A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy–fabricated Dark Energy Camera—one of the most powerful digital cameras ...

Space Exploration Apr 24, 2025

NASA's Roman mission shares detailed plans to scour skies

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. These observation programs are designed to investigate some of the most profound ...

Astronomy Apr 24, 2025

New solar instrument captures first high-resolution images at world's largest telescope

The Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS) located in Freiburg, Germany, has installed a high-precision measuring instrument for the world's largest solar telescope, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar ...

Education Apr 24, 2025

Q&A: Could self-driving labs lead to a new era of scientific research?

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers is arguing the research community should make a concerted effort to capitalize on advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite work that addresses ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 24, 2025

NASA's EZIE mission captures 'first light'

NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission has taken its first measurements.

Astronomy Apr 24, 2025

Largest imaging spectro-polarimeter achieves first light at solar telescope

The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO) near the summit of Maui's Haleakalā, reached a major ...

Astronomy Apr 24, 2025

Seeing the waves that make the sun's corona so hot

If you happen to be enjoying a sunny day, thank the bright surface of the sun, known as the photosphere. At a piping hot temperature of about 5,800 K, the photosphere provides nearly all the sunlight Earth receives. But for ...

Astronomy Apr 23, 2025

Eye on infinity: NASA celebrates Hubble's 35th year in orbit

In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images recently taken by Hubble, stretching from the planet Mars to star-forming regions, and a neighboring ...

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