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Jupiter has a never-before-seen jet stream — and it’s speedy
Spotted in images from the James Webb telescope, the high-altitude current may help untangle the workings of the giant planet’s atmosphere.
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Spotted in images from the James Webb telescope, the high-altitude current may help untangle the workings of the giant planet’s atmosphere.
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Telescope observations hint how sunlight-driven chemistry may boost cloud cover on our solar system’s farthest planet.
Infrared light from a distant star appears to be leftovers of an impact between a pair of Neptune-sized worlds.
The sun will be near the peak of its activity cycle during the eclipse on April 8, 2024. That will make it a great time to crowdsource solar research.
Lightning bolts, nuclear explosions, colliding stars and black holes all throw off this high-energy type of light.
If teleportation is defined as being transported instantly to another place, then it’s already happening — via extended reality and holograms.
At a glance, the Milky Way may look like just a disk of stars. But its structure is actually much more complex.
A crew of four entered Mars Dune Alpha in Houston, Texas. They will remain isolated inside for a year, living and working as if on the Red Planet.
Three objects from the early universe could be hypothesized “dark stars,” researchers claim. But other scientists remain unconvinced.
Experts break down what’s possible and what’s not for this classic science-fiction invention.