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Space mission observes magnetic fields of Earth and sun

Posted in Featured, Science on 14th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

How magnetic reconnection takes place, a critical step in understanding space weather.

Shooting stars show Earth had oxygen eons before we thought

Posted in Science on 13th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The scorched remains of 60 micrometeorites have survived 2.7 billion years in Western Australia. They are the oldest space rocks ever discovered on Earth.

Kepler telescope discovers 100 Earth-sized planets

Posted in Science on 11th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

It has also detected nine small planets within so-called habitable zones, where conditions are favourable for liquid water, and potentially life.

NASA just detected oxygen in the Martian atmosphere

Posted in Science on 10th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

"Atomic oxygen in the Martian atmosphere is notoriously difficult to measure"

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter by NASA May Have Found Evidence of Volcanic Eruptions

Posted in Science on 8th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

With the help of mineral-mapping, scientists found evidences that there were volcanic activities on Mars billions of years ago.