International Space Station sheds light on blue jets from thunderstorms
Phenomenon unleashes waves of ionization in the upper atmosphere
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What are the chances of life existing in the clouds of Venus?
Latest on the possible presence of phosphine in the Venusian atmosphere discussed at the 2020 American Geophysical Union meeting
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Things we don’t know about Uranus (and Neptune)
Ice giant planets are common in the galaxy, and the ones in our own solar system still hold plenty of mysteries
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‘Hell-like’ exoplanet experiences rocky rain and supersonic wind
Huge temperature gradient on tidally locked exoplanet K2-141b creates complex interactions in its atmosphere
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Jupiter’s moon Europa could glow in the dark
Eerie emissions could shed light on Europa’s capacity to harbour life
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The hunt for another Earth: a love story
Kate Gardner reviews The Smallest Lights in the Universe: a Memoir by Sara Seager
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Controversy erupts among astronomers over whether phosphine really was discovered on Venus
The tone of some of the criticism over the discovery sparks outrage in the community
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Making water on the Moon, radiotherapy for COVID-19, gear-changing particle colliders
Lunar expert Hannah Sargeant is our guest this week
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Planets and stars could form as ‘siblings’ at the same time
Planet forming rings spotted around a class I protostar
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Meteorite impacts did not magnetize the Moon’s crust, new simulations reveal
Ancient core dynamo is the only plausible explanation for magnetization
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