What carbon dioxide 'jumps' from Antarctic ice say about climate change
The atmosphere is constantly changing. Its composition has varied regularly over the course of the planet's climatic epochs, ...
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Understanding the Earth's moon
The tides also gradually slow down Earth’s rotation, a phenomenon known as tidal braking ... During a solar eclipse, the moon ...
The Dallas Cowboys Can’t Beat Anyone, Including the Sun
One of very few things in this life that we can bank on happening every single day: the sun rises in the east and sets in the ...
Hints of a 'neutrino fog' could complicate efforts to detect dark matter
As if searching for dark matter isn't difficult enough already, physicists may have detected another hurdle known as a ...
We've been wrong about Uranus for nearly 40 years, new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals
Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a ...
The 'God of War': Mars was named by the ancient Romans for their god of war because its reddish color was reminiscent of blood. Other civilizations also named t…
As humans look to make Mars another home for the species, lets take a look at some stunning images of the red planet shared ...
NASA’s 38-Year-Old Voyager 2 Data Finally Solves Uranus’s Perplexing Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...
'Once in a decade': Northern lights may be visible this weekend says Met Office
Confirmed by NASA and the Met Office, the aurora is set to return in a "once in a decade" scenario. The Met Office says there ...
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Northern Lights may be visible in South West says Met Office
THE Northern Lights are expected to return and be seen across the South West skies this weekend. Confirmed by NASA and the Met Office, the aurora is set to return in a "once in a decade" scenario. The ...
'100,000 times brighter than Sun': A star spinning 716 times per second has astronomers stunned
Astronomers observed neutron star 4U 1820-30 spinning at 716 times per second, among the galaxy’s fastest, emitting bursts ...
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The Relatively Messy Problem with Lunar Clocks
Using Einstein’s theory of general relativity, physicists found that clocks on the Moon would run 56 microseconds faster than ...
When does winter 2024 start and when is the solstice?
The UK's coldest season is about to begin - but when exactly does it start? Tomasz Schafernaker explains why there is more ...