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Astronomers discover planet that could be completely covered in water

The planet is outside the Solar System and 100 light-years from Earth

Evening Standard

Webb Telescope Finds CO2 for First Time in Exoplanet Atmosphere

The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. Although the exoplanet would never be able to support life as we know it, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NASA's James Webb telescope just found CO2 on an exoplanet outside Earth's solar system

The James Webb Space Telescope has used spectroscopy technology to make the discovery on an exoplanet - a first outside of the Earth's solar system.

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Editorial: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s truly wacky idea for North Carolina public schools

Third graders who attend public school in North Carolina learn about the solar system and volcanoes in science class. Fourth graders study fossils.

Tribune News Service

Scientists have traced Earth's path through the galaxy via tiny crystals found in the crust

“To see a world in a grain of sand”, the opening sentence of the poem by William Blake, is an oft-used phrase that also captures some of what geologists do.

The Conversation

After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning

On August 20 1977, 45 years ago, an extraordinary spacecraft left this planet on a journey like no other. Voyager 2 was going to show us, for the first time, what the outer solar system planets looked like close-up. It was like sending a fly to New York City and…

The Conversation

Meteor hunt: New research reveals the life and death of a space rock

Forged at the dawn of the solar system, a fist-sized meteorite has ended its millions-mile journey, safe and secure, in the hands of Mountain View scientists.

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Do aliens exist? Jupiter’s moon Europa could hold the answer

Europa may be one of the few accessible places where life could originate and persist in the Solar System other than Earth

Inverse

Aliens could move entire planets to send a math-based code to other civilizations

Planets could be stacked such that their orbits resonate in the Fibonacci sequence.

Inverse

A tiny meteorite holds interstellar material from a distant supernova

The Hypatia stone is a fragment of a comet or asteroid found in Egypt. Within it are materials that formed outside our Solar System.

Inverse

Curious Kids: is it possible to see what is happening in distant solar systems now?

If a distant solar system is millions of light years away and so we see it as it was millions of years ago, how can we see what it looks like now? Parul, aged 13, Sri Ganganagar, India

The Conversation

After stellar ancestors exploded as supernovae, their stardust formed our Solar System

Stardust is an important ingredient to our lives.

Inverse

Rooftop solar panels, costing thousands of dollars, deemed fire hazard

Ricky Barone installed a solar system on his roof in 2014. Since then, it has cost him thousands of dollars and years of sleepless nights. So, who's responsible?

ABC News

Astronomers plan to track more potential “planet killer” asteroids near Earth

The nightmarish possibilities of a collision with Earth motivate space agencies like NASA and the European Space Agency to scan the night for their telltale glints.

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The Webb Telescope will drop everything to observe the next interstellar object

In 2017 and 2018, scientists spotted the first two interstellar objects ever recorded in our Solar System. JWST could tell us more about them.

The Conversation

A cosmic tango: this distant planet's very strange orbit points to a violent and chaotic past

If you close your eyes and imagine a system of planets orbiting a distant star, what do you see?

Inverse

China’s space agency could send a mission to Neptune — major discoveries await

Ice giants like Neptune are a potential treasure trove of scientific discoveries. China's space agency plans to launch a mission in 2030 to arrive in 2036.

The Guardian - UK

Journey to the mystery planet: why Uranus is the new target for space exploration

The last time a probe visited the distant ice giant was in 1986, yet learning more about this cold world could tell us a lot about the galaxy

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By Jove! Jupiter glows in new James Webb Space Telescope images

Jupiter and its ocean moon Europa shine in JWST test imagery. It's a preview of what's to come from the amazing new observatory.

Inverse

“A stunning achievement”: 12 scientists tell us their thoughts on JWST first images

It was all a lot to take in — so we asked a few people in the astronomy community their thoughts.

Salon

Webb sees water vapor on another planet

The telescope's precise measurements of exoplanet WASP-96b reveal water in the atmosphere. Could it host life?

Chicago Tribune

This solar installer is turning Ford F-150 Lightning EV into a backup home generator that can be powered by the sun

Ford began deliveries of its F-150 Lightning last month, and the electric version of the truck features a new option with a lot more utility than all-weather floor mats.

The Conversation

Equivalent to 1,800 tonnes of TNT: what we now know about the meteor that lit up the daytime sky above New Zealand

Meteorites hit New Zealand three or four times a year, but the fireball that shot across the sky above Cook Strait last week was unusual.

Inverse

Scientists think they know when a rogue star will ruin the Solar System

The long-term stability of the Solar System has been the subject of scientific investigation for centuries.

The Conversation

Dark matter: our review suggests it's time to ditch it in favour of a new theory of gravity

We can model the motions of planets in the Solar System quite accurately using Newton’s laws of physics. But in the early 1970s, scientists noticed that this didn’t work for disc galaxies – stars at their outer edges, far from the gravitational force of all the matter at their centre…

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