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Ring rain influences Saturn’s atmosphere

May 8, 2013
Saturn’s atmosphere is home to more charged water particle “rain” than previously thought suggests a study led by the University of Leicester.Their findings reveal that this rain influences the composition...

A scaled-up solar system

April 17, 2013
A team of astrophysicists have made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet beyond our solar system. High-resolution imaging spectrograpy with the Keck ii 10-metre...

World’s saltiest pond suggests water on Mars

March 25, 2013
A team of geologists led by Brown University have discovered the secrets of a pond in Antarctica with the world’s highest salt content. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, suggest...

Curiosity finds conditions once suited to life on Mars

March 13, 2013
An ancient network of rivers on Mars could once have supported life according to the latest findings from NASA’s Curiosity rover.Scientists have identified clay materials in the powder the rover...

New evidence that asteroid caused dinosaur demise

March 11, 2013
In an attempt to discover what wiped out the dinosaurs, researchers have now determined the most precise dates yet for dinosaur extinction and for the well-known impact that occurred around...

Weighing the most distant black holes

February 27, 2013
A new technique that can measure the mass of supermassive black holes may revolutionise our understanding of their formation and how they help to shape galaxies. The method involves detecting...

One in six stars has Earth-sized planet

February 4, 2013
A new analysis of Kepler spacecraft data has revealed that about 17% of stars have an Earth-sized planet in an orbit closer than Mercury. This means (since the Milky Way...

Galaxy cluster ‘dark core’ not so dark after all

January 18, 2013
When NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed an overabundance of dark matter in the core of the merging dark galaxy cluster Abell 520 earlier this year, astronomers were surprised. However, new...

Ultra-hot test rig for Space-Age ceramics

January 7, 2013
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed the first testing facility that enables CT-scanning of ceramic composites under controlled loads at ultrahigh temperatures in real time.Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS)...

Nearby ‘super-Earth’ may support life

December 17, 2012
An international team of astronomers have discovered an alien planet, believed to have a similar climate to Earth, which might be able to support life. The planet is located a...

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