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Thick atmosphere detected around scorching, rocky planet that's twice as big as Earth
CBS News· 4 days agoA thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that's twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar...
Northern lights seen in Hawaii! First time in over a century
KHON 2 Honolulu· 22 hours agoThe aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, was visible above the islands early Saturday morning, for the first time in over a century.
A secondary atmosphere on the rocky Exoplanet 55 Cancri e - Nature
Nature· 5 days agoCharacterizing rocky exoplanets is a central endeavor of astronomy, and yet the search for atmospheres on rocky exoplanets has hitherto resulted in either ...
Northern Lights sightings possible again after Friday night light show
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days ago“The purple, blue and pink comes from nitrogen and when you get a very strong aurora sometimes you...
Northern California could see northern lights as ‘very rare’ geomagnetic storm rolls in
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 2 days ago“Those particles honestly would be fairly hazardous to us as human beings, but luckily for...south...
Astronomers Discover an Atmosphere on a Hot, Rocky Exoplanet With an Ocean of Magma
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoAstronomers have spotted signs of an atmosphere on an exoplanet 41 light-years away from Earth—the...
Where the northern lights will be visible thanks to the solar flare
Mashable· 2 days agoAmid its period of peak activity, the sun is launching electromagnetic bombs at Earth, and all you...
This Earth-like exoplanet is the first confirmed to have an atmosphere
Nature· 5 days ago55 Cancri e is too hot to support life as we know it, but could provide clues about Earth’s...
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Spacetoday.net· 4 hours agoAchieves Another Major Milestone: Reflective Coating of the 8.4-meter Primary/Tertiary Mirror National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory 4:16 pm ET (2016 GMT ...
Northern Lights stun UK in spectacular display
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Northern Lights - or aurora borealis - appear as bright, swirling curtains of lights in the night sky and range in colour from green to pink and...
