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Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time
Electric discharges caused by dust devils and dust storms on Mars have been identified for the first time by analysing sound recordings captured by…
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Gravitational wave detections spark great expectations
On 14 September, 2015, the international LIGO/Virgo collaboration detected the very first gravitational wave signal, a tiny distortion of spacetime…
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Hottest news from the Sun's corona
Why is the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, so much hotter than its surface? Ten years after formulating a hypothesis based on a…
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The Big Bang within the reach of telescopes
With large-scale observation campaigns, innovative data analysis methods and theoretical advances on all fronts, astrophysics and cosmology are…
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JUNO: a giant detector to unravel the mysteries of neutrinos
After 10 years under construction, the giant underground neutrino detector JUNO, located in China, has at last begun observations of the most…
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1905: Einstein initiates the quantum age
During his “miraculous year” 120 years ago, Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect, laying the foundations of quantum mechanics. The…
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet
• One of the main objectives of contemporary astronomy is the search for exoplanets, which provide a better understanding of…
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils the first images of the sky obtained with the world’s largest camera
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has unveiled the very first “mega” images of the cosmos obtained thanks to the extraordinary features…
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Twisted flux ropes as the key to solar flares and atmospheric heating
A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters by an international team* coordinated by Tahar Amari, CNRS research director at the Center for…
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The chemical basis for life can form in interstellar ice
The molecules involved in a chemical process that is essential for cell function and the appearance of life on Earth (also known as the Krebs cycle…
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