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Key Driver of Extreme Winds on Venus Identified
A new study suggests that a once-daily atmospheric tidal cycle may be a bigger driver of rapid Venusian winds than previously thought.
See the Butterfly Nebula like never before in this spectacular Gemini South telescope image
The Butterfly Nebula is a preview of the fate that will befall the sun in about 5 billion years.
Mysterious lava puddles in Earth's mantle may hold clues about the origin of life: 'These are not random oddities'
Two perplexing structures deep inside Earth might be ancient remnants of our early planet, and they could hold clues about the origin of life.
Scientists discover ancient magnetic fossils of unknown creature with internal GPS
Also, what the heck is a magnetofossil?
Dark plasma dances over the sun | Space photo of the day for Nov. 26, 2025
These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun's behavior and shaping the space environment throughout the solar system.
Why is this star so weird? Maybe because it ate one of its own planets
Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets and their parent stars.
Scientists may have finally 'seen' dark matter for the 1st time
The NASA gamma-ray spacecraft Fermi may have enabled scientists to "see" dark matter, the universe's most mysterious stuff, for the first time.
Icy moons in our solar system may have boiling oceans — but life could potentially still survive
Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds.
