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Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it?

Hot on the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet with the potential to be next year’s big story – C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).

The Conversation

A brief history of the UK's Winchcombe meteorite

On 28 February 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the UK and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there’s an international effort to study this space rock and learn more about its place in the early solar system.

The Conversation

Earth’s Water Has Bizarre Interstellar Origins, Scientists Claim in New Study

A recent study suggests most solar systems start with a supply of water that formed in interstellar space.

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Earth’s water may be older than the sun – study

Astronomers believe they have found the ‘missing link’ that may explain how water appeared in the solar system.

The Independent UK

Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it – making it an excellent candidate in the search for life

NASA recently announced the discovery of a new, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star called TOI-700. We are two of the astronomers who led the discovery of this planet, called TOI-700 e. TOI-700 e is just over 100 light years from Earth – too far away…

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‘It’s like finding needles in a haystack’: the mission to discover if Jupiter’s moons support life

The European Space Agency’s Juice mission launches next month, flying closer to icy moons – including Ganymede, the solar system’s largest – than ever before

The Guardian - UK

Rooftop solar poised to become Australia's biggest power source amid coal's demise

A new report says more than 3.4 million Australian customers have a rooftop solar system, with the rate of new installations running at roughly 300,000 a year, accelerating the decline of fossil fuel-fired power.

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Astronomers May Have Just Solved a Salty Mystery at Jupiter's Most Famous Moon

Europa had red stripe features that astronomers couldn't previously quite figure out. But it ends up it may be an unusual form of brine and fodder for future studies.

Inverse

Review: 'Hello Tomorrow!' shoots for the moon but craters

The solar system is the limit in "Hello Tomorrow!," Apple TV+'s 10-part series about a team of traveling salespeople who peddle timeshares on the moon. Too bad the storytelling in this highly stylized, half-hour dramedy doesn't aim as high as its ambitious characters.

Los Angeles Times

Uranus mission won't happen till 2040s

An unmanned mission to the mysterious ice giant is at least 20 years away. Scientists say it's worth the wait

Salon

75 Years Ago, an Astronomer Found the Weirdest Moon in the Solar System

The high cliffs of Miranda barely scratch the surface of why Uranus' moon is so unique.

Inverse

Curious Kids: why do we think there is a possible Planet X?

Why do we think there is a possible planet X? – Courtney, Year 5, Victoria

The Conversation

Google's search business doesn't have to be killed by AI chatbots – here's the ugly workaround

Google’s parent company Alphabet has lost a hefty US$100 billion (£83 billion) or nearly a tenth of its market value after its new AI chatbot, Bard, botched an answer to a query on an ad promoting its launch. It claimed that the James Webb space telescope took the first pictures…

The Conversation

Why does the Earth spin?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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The planet down the block is a lot

Just 31 light-years away from Earth, Wolf 1069b is among the nearest and most likely to be habitable exoplanets

Inverse

Astronomers Found A Ring Around A Distant Object In Space — And It’s Acting Strange

Astronomers found a ring around the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar by watching stars dim. Here's what they think the ring is.

Inverse

Look! Eerie Green Comet Poses With Big Dipper and Little Dipper

The eerie-looking comet is fading fast, but it's not too late for a sighting.

Inverse

European Space Agency's Juice Mission: Launch Date, Mission Goals, Timeline

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission is set to launch in April 2023.

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Scientists discover new form of ice which could exist on ‘ice moons’ of outer solar system

Discovered by research teams at UCL and Cambridge, the ice could exist inside the ice moons of the outer solar system

Inverse

The Milky Way Galaxy May Be a Unique Heavyweight in One Weird Way

Illustris TNG simulation shows that the Milky Way is special, all thanks to a cosmic wall.

The Independent UK

Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92

Asharq Al-Awsat

With Frigid Innovation, Scientists Make a New Form of Ice

Using a device that might be described as a super-duper cocktail shaker, scientists have fashioned a previously unknown form of ice - one that might exist on our solar system's icy moons - in research that sheds light on water's behavior under extreme conditions. The researchers said they employed a…

The Conversation

Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years

Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”.

Daily Mirror

'Weird' comet heading straight towards the sun could be from another solar system

A huge 3.7 mile-wide comet hurtling towards the sun is believed to have come from another solar system and has been described by a leading astronomer as 'weird'

Wales Online

Kilimanjaro-sized comet is hurtling towards the Sun

Scientists say Machholz 1 has origins in another solar system

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