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New Moons Discovered Around Uranus and Neptune
Astronomers found a new moon orbiting Uranus, as well as two around Neptune. The tiny satellites appeared as faint specks in the outer reaches of the solar system following hours of ground-based observations. Using observatories in Chile and Hawaii, Scott Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, first spotted the Uranian moon on…
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Ouch! Jupiter Just Got Smacked By an Unidentified Celestial Object
As the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter is not one to play with. That doesn’t stop wandering comets or asteroids from testing the gas giant, occasionally crashing into Jupiter due to its enormous size and immense gravitational pull. An amateur astronomer caught a brief impact on Jupiter this week, appearing as a bright…
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Four Moons Circling Uranus May Be Sopping Wet
New scrutiny of Uranus’ largest moons suggest the bodies may contain ocean layers that could be dozens of miles deep.
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Self-Driving Cars Will Be Awful for the Planet
If you ask some people, electric cars that can drive themselves around town will be the saviour of the world. They’ll cut out traffic accidents because there’s no way an autonomous vehicle could ever go rogue, and their electric motors will dramatically cut emissions from our journeys. But, it turns out there are a whole…