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Saturn’s Aurorae offer stunning light show

Hubble space telescope has taken a fresh look at the fluttering aurorae that light up both the poles of planet Saturn. It takes Saturn almost thirty years to orbit the Sun. So, the opportunity to image both of its poles occurs only twice in 30 years. Hubble has been snapping pictures of the planet at [...]

Watch Brightest Mars on January 27

On January 27, planet Mars can be spotted closest, biggest and brightest from Earth. This is a good opportunity for stargazers to watch their favorite star with naked eyes! And on January 30, ”Mars Opposition” will occur, during which Mars and Sun are on directly opposite sides of Earth and Mars will be visible all [...]

New Super-Earth Discovered

Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. They found the distant planet with a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards. Although the super-Earth is too hot to sustain life, the discovery shows that [...]

Greenland Ice Melting at a Faster Rate

Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is melting at an accelerating rate. According to a new study in journal ‘Science’, this mass loss is equally distributed between increased iceberg production, driven by acceleration of Greenland’s fast-flowing outlet glaciers, and increased meltwater production at the [...]

Arctic Ocean may be Ice-free in 30 years

The Arctic Ocean will lose its ice cover in the next 30 years, says a new study. It will happen a bit faster than earlier predictions. Thanks to global warming. Earlier scientists had predicted that the ice cover will melt in 100 years.

New research suggests the Arctic Ocean is already edging towards this grim reality, [...]

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