Stars and solar physics Research update Migrating giants enrich asteroid belt Primitive material sprinkled from beyond Neptune towards Jupiter, claim researchers Read article: Migrating giants enrich asteroid belt
Telescopes and space missions Research update NASA unveils aerial views of Apollo landing sites Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter returns detailed images Read article: NASA unveils aerial views of Apollo landing sites
Planetary science Research update Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth’s ‘hum’ Coupling between atmosphere and solid Earth creates mysterious planetary noise Read article: Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth’s ‘hum’
Telescopes and space missions Research update Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons Physicists explain how gamma rays are generated in clouds Read article: Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons
Planetary science Research update Earth’s magnetic field perturbed by ‘electric oceans’, claims researcher Is Atlantic Ocean circulation responsible for magnetic oddities in Europe? Read article: Earth’s magnetic field perturbed by ‘electric oceans’, claims researcher
Planetary science Research update Moonshine could light the way to extraterrestrial life Signs of life on distant planets could be easier to detect than previously thought Read article: Moonshine could light the way to extraterrestrial life
Planetary science Research update Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning Tracking cosmic rays in a thunderstorm may explain how lightning occurs, say physicists Read article: Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Is there really no place like home? From zero to 350 in less than 14 years — this is the impressive track record of astronomers searching for planets orbiting other suns. In 1995 when two Swiss astronomers discovered that the star... Read article: Is there really no place like home?
Vacuum and cryogenics Opinion and reviews The power of robotics Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease Read article: The power of robotics
Planetary science Research update New method to seek life-supporting exoplanets Study using Deep Impact probe links shifting colours to water Read article: New method to seek life-supporting exoplanets
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