New Model Explains Giant Planet Jet Streams
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What can equatorial jet streams on gas giant planets teach scientists about gas giant planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the mechanisms of jet s...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:56 +0000
Scientists Investigate the Biological Effects of Spaceflight Using Worms
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A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 that will help scientists understand how humans can travel through space safely, using a Leicester-built space pod....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:57 +0000
How Hidden Stars Shape Our Search for Technosignatures
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How can star populations help astronomers re-evaluate the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, also called technosignatures? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the parameters of identifyin...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:12 +0000
Water Retention on Earth-Like Planets Around Variable Stars
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What can star variability—changes in a star’s brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is what a recent study accepted to The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the interaction ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:23 +0000
The Ultraviolet Mystery Inside Newborn Stars
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Young stars buried deep in molecular clouds are bathed in ultraviolet radiation, but they shouldn't be. Protostars are too cold and dim to produce UV light themselves, yet James Webb Space Telescope observations of five stellar nurseries in Ophiuchus revea...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:07 +0000
Modeling Venus Volcanic Plumes to Cloud-Level Heights
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What is the importance of studying explosive volcanism on Venus? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the potential altitudes of explosive volcanism on V...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:58 +0000