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7 ways the Webb Telescope will unlock the Solar System's secrets

The James Webb Space Telescope will study Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, and other far flung places that ground-based telescopes can't see as well.

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Asteroid sharing Earth’s orbit discovered – could it help future space missions?

Research has shown that the Earth trails an asteroid barely a kilometre across in its orbit about the Sun – only the second such body to have ever been spotted. It goes round the Sun on average two months ahead of the Earth, dancing around in front like an excited…

The Conversation

Why are we seeing more northern lights this year?

Solar cycle 25 is kicking off in style. Our sun has a cycle of activity and as it becomes more active, there will be more sightings of the northern (and southern) lights. That is what is happening this winter.

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Northern Lights to dazzle in Scottish skies tonight - here's how to see them

A powerful solar flare will cast over Scotland tonight after an eruption on the surface of the sun sparked a solar storm - the wave of charged particles are heading to Earth today.

Edinburgh Live

Northern Lights may be visible in Scotland today as solar storm headed to Earth

Following a powerful eruption near the surface of the Sun, a powerful solar flare is set to arrive today — and some people may even be able to see the aurora borealis

Glasgow Live

Northern Lights and how to spot as aurora borealis visible over Scotland tonight

The auroras may be lighting up Scottish skies tonight after a solar storm began on the Sun over the weekend.

Daily Record

Scientists discover an asteroid trapped near Earth for the next 4,000 years

The asteroid will share Earth's orbit for about 4,000 years. It is the second discovered Trojan asteroid of Earth, sitting at Lagrangian point 4.

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Confirmed! Earth has a second Trojan asteroid lurking in its orbit

An international team of astronomers confirms Earth really does have a second Trojan asteroid, which will orbit the Sun with us for at least the next 4,000 years.

ABC News

Is interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua a spaceship? This probe could find out

In October 2017, the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua passed through our Solar System, leaving a lot of questions in its wake.

Inverse

Webb Telescope Reaches Final Destination, a Million Miles from Earth

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, NASA said Monday. At around 2:00 pm Eastern Time (1900 GMT), the observatory fired its thrusters for five minutes…

Asharq Al-Awsat

James Webb Space Telescope reaches its final destination — 1 million miles from Earth

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has settled into its orbit around the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2.

Inverse

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached its destination, 1.5 million km from Earth. Here's what happens next

Since its launch on Christmas day, astronomers have eagerly followed the complex deployment and unfurling of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – the largest to ever take to the skies.

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Rocket Lab Venus mission: Launch date and plans for ambitious exploration

Forget Mars: Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has an ambitious plan to visit Venus to look for life and possibly phosphine. Here's what he plans to do.

Inverse

Scientists set stopwatch on when the Sun will die and destroy the solar system

When the Sun dies, the Earth could end in a fiery blaze of boiling oceans and razed continents or spinning through the soulless void of space without light or warmth

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Are the northern lights caused by 'particles from the Sun'? Not exactly

What a spectacle a big aurora is, its shimmering curtains and colourful rays of light illuminating a dark sky. Many people refer to aurora as the northern lights (the aurora borealis), but there are southern lights too (the aurora australis). Either way, if you’re lucky enough to catch a glimpse…

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Tonga eruption: we are watching for ripples of it in space

The ongoing volcanic eruption in Tonga began in December 2021, but it wasn’t until 5:15pm local time on January 15 2022 that the powerful explosion occurred. It generated an enormous cloud of ash, earthquakes, and tsunamis that reached as far as the distant coastlines of Peru on the other side…

Wales Online

Elon Musk warns every species on Earth is set for extinction

Billionaire predicts that life on the planet will one day come to an end

Inverse

Almost there: Webb telescope is 90 percent of the way to its destination

As of Tuesday afternoon, the James Webb Space Telescope was more than 93 percent of the way to its operating orbit around Lagrangian Point 2.

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Scientists warn against artificially dimming the Sun to fight global warming

Such technologies could disrupt monsoons in Africa and interfere with crop growth, scientists have warned.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dimming Sun's Rays Should Be off-Limits

Planetary-scale engineering schemes designed to cool Earth's surface and lessen the impact of global heating are potentially dangerous and should be blocked by governments, more than 60 policy experts and scientists said on Monday. Even if injecting billions of Sulphur particles into the middle atmosphere -- the most hotly debated…

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