Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life
12 July 2021
Phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus was considered a possible sign of life, but it could come from volcanic eruptions sending enormous plumes of lava into the air
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Richard Branson reaches the edge of space on Virgin Galactic flight
12 July 2021
Richard Branson has finally launched to the edge of space aboard his Virgin Galactic space plane, a flight over 15 years in the making
Mysterious X-ray flares on Jupiter come from magnetic field vibrations
9 July 2021
Jupiter blasts out strange X-ray flares that have gone unexplained for decades, and the mystery has now been solved by vibrations in the planet’s magnetic field
Crab nebula blasted out some of highest-energy gamma rays ever seen
8 July 2021
Astronomers examining the Crab nebula have found the second highest-energy gamma ray ever spotted, which may change how we think of cosmic particle accelerators
New kind of ice is so bendy it can curl and uncurl without breaking
8 July 2021
A single ice crystal formed into a thin strand can bend almost into a circle and then snap back into its original shape, making it the most elastic form of water ice ever made
