Scientists explore Neptune’s interior without actually going there
Scientists have helped discover what lies beneath Neptune’s cloudy, blue surface, using powerful computers.
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The Sun’s core is spinning four times faster than its surface
The centre of the Sun is spinning nearly four times faster than the surface, scientists have discovered, using NASA’s Soho space telescope.
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Gaia spacecraft catches superluminous supernova early in boost for astronomers
A superluminous supernova is one of the brightest events in the Universe. One was recently spotted very soon after it exploded, giving scientists new clues about these exotic phenomena.
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Giant Arecibo radio dish joins search for rocky planets around nearby stars
The giant Arecibo radio telescope has joined the Red Dots project searching for the nearest terrestrial planets beyond our own Solar System.
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NASA’s Juno gets closest ever look at Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
NASA’s Juno space probe has swooped low over Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot, to get the closest-ever views of a raging storm bigger than the Earth.
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Space-faring humans will become Cybermen, says top astronomer
The first settlers on Mars will reengineer their bodies like Cybermen to cope with the hostile conditions, predicts Astronomer Royal Lord Rees.
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How scientists will explore exoplanets for signs of alien life
Leading experts have been talking about the latest findings in the quest to discover alien life, at science festival Starmus IV, in Norway.
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Apollo 16 hero Charlie Duke kicks off Starmus festival of science and art
The Starmus Festival has kicked off today in Trondheim, Norway, and Skymania is here to report on some of the scientific highlights.
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Astronomers detect alien planet with rings that dwarf Saturn’s
Astronomers believe they have found a giant new planet, orbiting another star, which has rings so wide that they would stretch a third of the way from Earth to the Sun.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will set the controls for the heart of the Sun
NASA is revealing more about a daring mission to send a space probe flying closer to the Sun than ever before.
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Astronomers capture flash from new asteroid impact on Jupiter
Amateur astronomers have filmed a flare on Jupiter, thought to be caused by an asteroid or other cosmic missile.
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NASA’s Juno probe captures Jupiter as we have never seen it before
NASA’s Juno space probe has sent back remarkable new pictures of giant planet Jupiter, including a look down onto its stormy polar regions.
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