Maddie Stone
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Don’t Get Too Excited About Alien Life On Tau Ceti
Mildly encouraging news for Earthlings hoping to escape the scorched ruins of our own planet: A team of astronomers has found evidence for four Earth-sized (ish) worlds orbiting tau Ceti, a Sun-like star located just 12 light years away. Two of these planets, the researchers say, might barely be on the edge of the habitable…
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A Massive New Storm System Just Appeared Over Neptune
Do not be alarmed, but a bright storm system three quarters the width of our entire planet has emerged over Neptune’s equator, in a region where no bright clouds have ever been witnessed before.
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We’re Not Totally Sure How Much The Planet Will Warm This Century, But We Still Need To Act
It’s a well-worn fact that our round Earth is warming, and that human carbon emissions are the cause. What’s less well-known is how much warming we’ve already committed our planet to in the future. A new study crunched some numbers and came to an alarming answer — but other experts are already criticising its approach,…
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There’s Growing Evidence That Pluto’s Largest Moon Had A Massive Ocean
Pluto’s moon Charon is the best sidekick a dwarf planet could hope for: Unwavering in its loyalty, content to be a minor character in somebody else’s narrative. But two years after the New Horizons flyby, the largest of Pluto’s five moons is finally getting some well-deserved time in the spotlight. New research suggests that Charon’s…