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Fossilized faeces helps explain dinosaurs’ rise to dominance
Download the Nature Podcast 27 November 2024 In this episode: 00:50 Fossilized faeces give news insights into dinosaurs’…
This dwarf planet might have its very own ice volcano
The dwarf planet Makemake, which chills out in the deep freeze of the outer Solar System, might be…
Bacteria found on a space rock turn out to be Earth-grown
Be wary of claims of alien life in samples from space, say researchers who found traces of Earthly…
Newborn planet found in a warped system
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 20 November 2024 The disk of dust and gas that forms a planet can also block…
Ice-giant planet was having a bad day when Voyager came calling
For almost 40 years, scientists thought Uranus had a bizarre magnetosphere — the area dominated by its magnetic…
Strange gamma-ray flickers seen in thunderstorms for the first time
Download the Nature Podcast 02 October 2024 In this episode: 00:46 Physicists spot new types of high-energy radiation…
A dwarf planet has dirty depths, model suggests
The dwarf planet Ceres hosts a frozen ocean that is almost pure water ice at its surface and…
NASA okays mission to search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Technicians prepare to install Europa Clipper’s 3-metre-wide antenna on the spacecraft on 17 June at the Kennedy Space…
India’s pioneering mission bolsters idea that Moon’s surface was molten
The Moon probably originated from material scattered into space when a large impactor struck the newly formed Earth.Credit:…
Jupiter mission will attempt first-ever fly-by that harnesses Earth and Moon’s gravity
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft approaching Earth (artist’s impression).Credit: ESA/Lightcurve Films/R. Andres Next week, the Jupiter Icy…