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JWST Scans an Ultra-Hot Jupiter’s Atmosphere

1st June, 2023

Astronomers have been obsessed with WASP-18 b since it's discovery in 2009. Now the JWST's NIRISS instrument is feeding that obsession.

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Announcing a New Podcast: DoveTale

1st June, 2023

Science and technology alone cannot solve climate change. The DoveTale podcast explores the interconnecting ethical, spiritual, psychological, moral, artistic, and historical dimensions of on-the-ground climate action.

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Astronomers see 6,000-mile water vapour plume blasting from Saturn moon

30th May, 2023

‘Extraordinary’ sighting may open window on possibility of life beneath Enceladus’s icy outer crust

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Juice is Fully Deployed. It’s Now in its Final Form, Ready to Meet Jupiter’s Moons in 2031

27th May, 2023

Launched on April 14, 2023, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice; formerly known as JUICE) spacecraft has finally completed the unfurling of its solar panel arrays and plethora of booms, probes, and antennae while en route to the solar system’s largest planet. However, Juice’s first six weeks in space haven’t been … Continue reading "Juice is Fully Dep…

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Mars

Mars. An alien landscape. But could it – does it – or has it ever supported life?

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Natural disasters

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Lightning

We don’t know what causes lightning, how much of it there is, nor how to predict it. As global temperatures increase, so does lightning; as lightning increases, so do global temperatures. Its impact on atmospheric chemistry is still being explored.

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Geoengineering

Geoengineering the climate would mean venturing into new technology with huge consequences. But what might those consequences be and is there an alternative solution to anthropogenic climate change?

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Ambient chemistry

Chemists are exploring ways to mimic nature’s selective, low-temperature biochemical reactions that make delicate and reactive structures. Previously, chemists had copied high temperature geological reactions.

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Volcanoes

Volcanic eruptions can be hugely devastating events, wiping out towns and villages in the wake of the magma flows or ash clouds.

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Many are written by scientists about their ongoing research, others by the TWDK team.

Climate change, glacial recession and mammal communities

Saturday 14th of March 2020

Is there a ninth planet in our Solar System?

Thursday 22nd of September 2016

How were Mars’ moons formed?

Friday 1st of July 2016

100,000 Years Later

Saturday 6th of February 2016

Location, Location, Location

Monday 21st of September 2015

Collapsing Ice Shelves

Friday 5th of December 2014

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