
Planets
A distant crumbling planet spills its guts
Based on the light being emitted by its shed minerals, astronomers can for the first time determine the internal composition of an exoplanet.
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Based on the light being emitted by its shed minerals, astronomers can for the first time determine the internal composition of an exoplanet.
The sun’s corona can only be seen without special instruments during a total solar eclipse.
This roughly 11-year cycle in the sun’s activity can affect space weather that messes with Earthly technology.
Researchers are trying to figure out the recipe of atmospheric conditions that creates this aurora-like light show.
Infrared light from a distant star appears to be leftovers of an impact between a pair of Neptune-sized worlds.
Ghostly particles called neutrinos are so lightweight that for a long time, they were thought to have no mass at all.
Stunning images from citizen scientists show an unusual pattern in ‘Northern Lights.’ They offer clues that may help astronomers better understand a curious red glow.
Wrinkles in the sun’s outer atmosphere might trick the eye into seeing glowing arches, scientists now report.
New observations from the Event Horizon Telescope reveal the chaotic region around the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, in extreme detail.
En el informe de la ONU se vinculan directamente las temperaturas extremas, lluvias e incendios en todo el mundo con el clima cambiante de la Tierra.