The mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface has long puzzled scientists. The solar corona reaches temperatures of over a million degrees Celsius, while the surface below barely tops 5,500°C. This heating happens despite the corona being further from the Sun’s core, where most of the energy is produced. At the same time, the …
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Astronomers solve the mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface
The mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface has long puzzled scientists. The solar corona reaches temperatures of over a million degrees Celsius, while the surface below barely tops 5,500°C. This heating happens despite the corona being further from the Sun’s core, where most of the energy is produced. At the same time, the …
Read More »Scientists Find Titan’s Atmosphere Spins Like a Gyroscope (and it’s rewriting NASA’s next mission plans)
IN A NUTSHELL 🪐 Scientists discover Titan’s atmosphere behaves like a gyroscope, shifting tilt with the seasons. 🔍 The University of Bristol uses Cassini data to uncover Titan’s unique atmospheric behavior. 🚀 Findings impact NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission to Titan, improving landing trajectory calculations. 🌌 Titan’s atmospheric dynamics prompt broader questions in atmospheric science and planetary exploration. Saturn’s largest moon, …
Read More »Wrigley Field atmosphere lives up to the hype as Cubs win wild-card series against Padres: ‘Energy and joy’
Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner levitated to snag a line drive over his head. The Wrigley Field crowd roared. And then they began to chant: “Ni-co Hoer-ner! Ni-co Hoer-ner!” In the Cubs’ wild-card series-deciding 3-1 win against the Padres on Thursday, Hoerner had just turned a base hit into the second out of the inning, with a runner on second …
Read More »Ohio State vs. Minnesota Preview: Buckeyes Looking for Fast Start, Special Teams Tune-Up in Rare Nighttime Atmosphere at the Horseshoe
Presented by First Bank of Central Ohio 3-1 Oct. 4, 2025 – 7:30 PM ET Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH The Buckeyes will make every effort to ensure they enjoy their first Big Ten game in Ohio Stadium. Their opponent for Saturday’s clash in the Shoe is Minnesota, a middle-of-the-pack Big Ten foe who is going up against an Ohio State squad that …
Read More »James Webb Space Telescope’s First Look at an Atmosphere on Habitable Zone Exoplanet
An illustration of a habitable zone planet orbiting the star called TRAPPIST – credit NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI) One of the major things that the mightily impressive James Webb Space Telescope was supposed to reveal has now potentially been revealed. Groundbreaking new research from the University of St. Andrews has identified signs of a possible atmosphere surrounding an …
Read More »ESA spacecraft sees a kaleidoscope of color in Mars’ atmosphere photo of the day for Sept. 26, 2025
Mars’ atmosphere has been of interest to scientists for decades, especially as humanity looks to set up outposts on the Red Planet. Recently, the European Space Agency‘s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter gave us a more detailed look at the thin shell of air that sits above the limb of Mars What is it? Creating a composite photograph of the images …
Read More »‘The whole forest has changed’: Amazon trees are getting fatter due to rising CO2 in the atmosphere
Trees of all sizes across the Amazon rainforest are getting fatter due to climate change, a new study shows. Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more resource-rich environment for plants in the Amazon, leading to an average 3.3% increase in the circumference of trees at their base every decade since the 1970s, researchers have found. …
Read More »“These Features Were Completely Unexpected”: Webb Telescope Detects Unexplained ‘Structures’ in Saturn’s Atmosphere
Northumbria University scientists using the sensitive instruments on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected several mysterious structures orbiting at different altitudes above Saturn that they cannot explain. A statement announcing the unexpected discoveries said the unexplained features, which included “a series of dark, bead-like features embedded in bright auroral halos” in the ionosphere and an “asymmetric star-shaped …
Read More »‘Completely unexplained’: James Webb telescope finds strange ‘dark beads’ in Saturn’s atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered strange “dark beads “above a four-armed star pattern in Saturn’s atmosphere. The surprising structures are unlike anything scientists have seen before, and they’re not sure what they are. The unusual features were discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope‘s (JWST’s) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) as it peered into the gas giant’s atmosphere above …
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