Long before it became the giant planet we see today, Jupiter was even bigger and had a much stronger magnetic field, according to a new study that looked back in time to reveal what the world was like in its early years.
The new calculations,…
Long before it became the giant planet we see today, Jupiter was even bigger and had a much stronger magnetic field, according to a new study that looked back in time to reveal what the world was like in its early years.
The new calculations,…
“Diamond Beach Emerald Sky” by Brent Martin
“With a clear night forecast and the Milky Way core returning for 2025, I set out to explore the Great Ocean Road. After a few setbacks—such as a failed composition and…
An NHS consultant with motor neurone disease said the condition had been “left behind” in research terms.
Andrew Davies, from Hartley Witney in Hampshire, was diagnosed with the terminal illness last autumn and has been told he only has a few…
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has made to a new region on Mars, which may contain some of the Red Planet’s oldest and most interesting rocks.
Perseverance landed inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater in February 2021, on a mission to…
The discovery in 1998 that the Universe is expanding faster over time shook the foundations of cosmology. This finding challenged deep-seated assumptions about how space behaves on the grandest scales.
To explain this cosmic acceleration,…
You know how sometimes you can spend ages thinking about a problem, and then suddenly, the answer just clicks? These moments of insight are super-satisfying, but it turns out they can also reveal really important things about how our brains hold…
Forecasting volcanic eruptions is difficult, but not impossible. By keeping an eye on features such as ground deformation, changes in gas emissions, and ground tremors, volcanologists can sometimes…
Astronaut Don Pettit has shared a fascinating view of what Starlink satellites look like from onboard the…
On May 19, 2005, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured a remarkable image of the sun setting beyond the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This panoramic view, taken during the rover’s 489th Martian day—also called a sol—offers both a…