It has been twelve months since we counted the last minutes of 2019 and we have shouted ‘Happy New Year’ with joy. We were happily unaware of what was in store for us in the following days. For those who have lost their livelihood, their health or, most tragically, their …
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Jupiter may be the most famous hurricane in the solar system, but that doesn’t mean it gets all the fun – and Neptune has been introduced to scientists by Doozy. However, the tendency of the storm over a large part of the ice is not uncommon, but this is the …
Read More »Ancient lake discovered under Greenland could be millions of years old, scientists say
Remains of a huge, ancient lake have been found under Greenland, buried under a sheet of ice in the northwest of the country and estimated to be millions, if not thousands, years old, scientists say. The giant ‘fossil lake bed’ is a phenomenon that scientists have never seen before in …
Read More »This week, Mars will be closest to Earth for another 15 years
Mars, our second closest cosmic cousin, has been in our collective imagination for decades. Between the fantasies of visiting Mars and the promise of water under its icy surface, Mars doesn’t have to do much to stay in our collective good books. But very soon, Mars is moving not only …
Read More »The bright New Hubble photo displays the stormy side of Jupiter
The big brother Majestic Jupiter is pushing the best side of our solar system. A sharp new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the vast, ever-evolving climate of a giant planet – showing both short- and long-term changes. In the Northern Hemisphere, storm clouds may indicate the formation of …
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