Infrared images of the gas giant Jupiter show the massive planet’s churning atmosphere like never before – beyond what we can see with the human eye. Hawaii’s Gemini North observatory and the NASA Hubble space telescope captured the largest planet in the solar system in a range of light wavelengths. The images show the planet at … Read more
An average day on Earth’s sister planet Venus lasts a staggering 243 Earth days and new research reveals it can vary by up to 20 minutes from one day to the next. Planetary scientists from the University of California Los Angeles have been repeatedly bouncing a radar signal off the surface of Venus for the … Read more
The ‘unimaginably hot’ outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere can reach temperatures of 1.7 million degrees Fahrenheit due to ‘campfires’ on the surface, study finds. In June last year, ESA released the closest images ever taken of the sun, by the Solar Orbiter, which, for the first time, showed campfires dotted across its surface. The … Read more
Roads and the vehicles using them are responsible for 84 per cent of microplastics found in the atmosphere, according to the results of a new study. Researchers from Utah State University examined different sources of atmospheric microplastic pollution found in the western US over a 14 month period. These microscopic pieces of plastic pollution are … Read more
Hot rocky exoplanets may be able to retain a thick atmosphere of water, according to scientists, who say the discovery should help in the search for habitable worlds. University of Chicago and Stanford University researchers created computer models to explore ways hot, rocky worlds could hold on to their atmospheres for a long time. Thousands of … Read more
A small gas exoplanet may have lost its atmosphere billions of years ago, but then gained a second one through volcanic activity, according to astronomers. The planet, GJ 1132 b, is thought to have begun as a gaseous world, similar to Jupiter or Saturn but smaller than Neptune, with a thick hydrogen blanket of atmosphere. … Read more
A small gas exoplanet may have lost its atmosphere billions of years ago, but then gained a second one through volcanic activity, according to astronomers. The planet, GJ 1132 b, is thought to have begun as a gaseous world, similar to Jupiter or Saturn but smaller than Neptune, with a thick hydrogen blanket of atmosphere. … Read more
Exceptionally well conducted by Riccardo Muti, Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert 2021 has plenty of atmosphere and is not to be missed By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 6 February 2021 New Year’s Concert 2021 Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Riccardo Muti Sony Classical, out now Rating: … Read more
Scientists have sucked the life out of a theory suggesting Venus could be home to biological organisms. In September, researchers claimed to have detected trace amounts of phosphine gas in the planet’s acidic clouds. Phosphine is often released by microorganisms on Earth that don’t use oxygen to breath, which led scientists to speculate Venus could … Read more
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes made thinly-veiled digs about ‘murdering’ people and a ‘frosty atmosphere’ while hosting This Morning on Friday – as they returned to the show for the first time since being axed. The husband and wife presenting pair, both 60, are being replaced on the ITV1 morning show’s Friday edition by Alison Hammond … Read more