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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?

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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.

Inverse

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.

Inverse

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?

The Conversation

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Inverse

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?

Salon

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.

Chicago Tribune

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.

The Conversation

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.

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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…

Inverse

Jupiter's core hides a disturbing cannibal past — study

New evidence from the Juno probe shows Jupiter ingesting large quantities of planetesimals, which could explain its unusual core.

Inverse

Space scientists unveil new evidence icy ocean worlds and moons can host life

Water worlds are exoplanets with enough water to form a hydrosphere. They may also be our best chance of finding life off Earth.

Space

Solar system guide: Discover the order of planets and other amazing facts

Explore the eight (or nine) planets of the solar system in order from nearest to the sun and discover the many wonders of our solar system along the way.

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Nasa considers sending swimming robots to habitable 'ocean worlds' of the Solar System

Nasa has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells of our Solar System’s many “ocean worlds”. But don’t imagine metal humanoids swimming frog-like underwater. They will probably…

Inverse

The Webb Telescope will reveal Jupiter and its icy moons in stunning detail

Webb's science mission starts close to home with the largest Solar System planet and its stunning moons, some of which could hold alien life.

360info

How to stop space rocks hitting Earth

With NASA announcing an asteroid is on a possible collision course with Earth 23 years from now, 360info looks at the planet's early warning systems.

Inverse

NASA mission to core of an ancient mini-planet in our Solar System suffers major setback

NASA's mission to a planet's former core will not launch this year, delivering a delay in both launch date and prolonging the eventual arrival date.

Inverse

New molecules found on a nearby asteroid could reveal the origins of life

Japanese researchers recently announced that Ryugu carries strains of no less than 20 different amino acids — the building blocks of life itself!

Daily Mirror

Alien life may exist on Venus as planet could be 'habitable', says report

A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that ammonia in the clouds of Venus could neutralise the sulphuric acid and make the planet "more habitable"

Inverse

World’s largest radio telescope picks up peculiar signals from space

In this edition of Inverse Daily, learn more about China's search for alien life and a digital cloning technology that has reshaped the future of Star Wars.

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