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The cosmos is vast, so how do we measure it?
The awe-inspiring distances of the cosmos are hard to visualise, so how can we be certain we are measuring them correctly?
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Finds Evidence Of "Barrier" In The Sun's 2 Million Kelvin Atmosphere
A study looking at data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has found evidence for a "helicity barrier" in the atmosphere of the Sun. In 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe on a trajectory that ...
Parker Solar Probe uncovers direct evidence of the sun's 'helicity barrier'
New research utilizing data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct evidence of a phenomenon known as ...
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Voyager Probes: Humanity’s Grand Tour of the Solar System
Launched in 1977, the Voyager probes embarked on a journey unlike any in human history. Over four decades later, they continue to send data from interstellar space, offering insight into the outer ...
The birth of a solar system revealed by planet 'pebbles'
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
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Meteorite causes rethink of how and when our solar system formed
Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...
Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System
An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.