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The Latest Breaking News from Jupiter

A distant planet seems to have a sulphur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to discover new worlds goes on, we’re steadily learning more about the exoplanets we’ve already detected: their sizes, what they’re made of and whether they have atmospheres.

The Conversation

The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd

Imaging exoplanet atmospheres isn't always as straightforward as astronomers might hope.

Inverse

How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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10 Big PGA Tour Names Not Signed Up To TGL In 2025

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's "tech-infused" league contains 24 of the PGA Tour's best players, but there are still plenty of notable absentees in 2025

Golf Monthly

It's Prog's new Tracks Of The Week! Cool new proggy sounds from Crippled Black Phoenix, Oddleaf, Outrun The Sunlight and more...

Great new prog to enjoy from Keys, Mission Jupiter, Empire Springs, Tim Morse and more...

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November's new moon makes a close pass to Venus

The new moon of November 2024 occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

Space

Icy moon of Uranus may have once hid watery secret, Voyager 2 archives reveal

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

Space

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James Webb telescope finds 1st possible 'failed stars' beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.

LiveScience

What next for NASA's Europa Clipper? The long road to Jupiter and its moons

NASA Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Europa, but it has some stops to make before it investigates the habitability of the icy ocean moon of Jupiter, including a Mars trip and a brief return to Earth.

Space

69 Memes And Jokes That Combine Science And Humor Perfectly

Science memes aren't just funny, they also make you think a bit deeper. The next thing you know, you might spent hours researching a niche topic! Honestly, that’s part of the fun. The post 69 Memes And Jokes That Combine Science And Humor Perfectly first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen

Saturn has finally joined the solar system's other giant planets in possessing a Trojan asteroid, but it may have stolen it. The bouncing asteroid seems to have originated in the Kuiper belt.

Space

How many moons does Jupiter have?

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems.

LiveScience

TGL Confirms 2025 Schedule And Opening Fixture Of Tech-Infused Competition

The TGL will begin on 7 January

Golf Monthly

Comet Watch! Don’t Miss This Visitor From The Oort Cloud On Thursday

On October 24, look low in the eastern sky just before sunrise to check out a comet from the Oort Cloud.

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Space

NASA's Europa Clipper isn't just a spacecraft — it's a work of art

Europa Clipper launched toward Jupiter's icy moon on Oct. 14, and carried with it a very important plate.

Space

The moon, Mars, asteroids and Jupiter: China reveals ambitious space exploration plans

From lunar water hunts to Mars sample returns, China's space program is embarking on groundbreaking missions across the solar system, aiming for the moon, Mars and beyond.

LiveScience

NASA finds signs of hellish, lava-covered 'exomoon' circling an alien world — and it could meet a 'destructive end'

A new analysis of a peculiar metallic cloud surrounding the exoplanet WASP-49 b provides further evidence that it may have been birthed by a volcanic satellite, which may become the first officially recognized "exomoon."

The Conversation

New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It’s a reminder that Earth is part of a much larger and incredibly dynamic system.

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Astronomers solve decades-long mystery of famous brown dwarf

After a breakthrough discovery in 1995, scientists have made the ‘most exciting and fascinating discovery in substellar astrophysics in decades’

Space

These 'failed stars' orbit so closely it took 29 years to tell they were a pair

The first and most famous "failed star" discovered by humanity isn't one brown dwarf, but two! The duo comprising Gliese 229B are so tightly bound they orbit each other in 12 days.

Inverse

An Unusually Shaped Space Object Long Puzzled Astronomers — What It Turned Out to Be Was Truly Uncanny

Astronomers have discovered that a famous celestial object is actually two separate failed stars.

Inverse

Nearly All Meteorites That Smash Into Earth Came From These 3 Ancient Collisions

Over time, the meteorites that land on Earth will be able to tell the story of events happening 200 million miles away in space.

Space

SpaceX launches 100th rocket of 2024 during Starlink doubleheader (video, photos)

SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions just hours apart today (Oct. 15), one of which was the company's 100th liftoff of the year.

Inverse

Will NASA’s Europa Clipper Really Find Aliens? Here’s What the Spacecraft Can and Can’t Do

To learn about the potential for life in a hidden ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa, NASA will hunt for plumes and "crop circles."

LiveScience

Europa Clipper blasts off: What's next for NASA's biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft?

NASA just launched a spacecraft the size of a basketball court towards Jupiter's moon Europa. Here's what will happen over the next 10 years.

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