Astronomers Find Neptune's Disappearing Clouds Linked to Solar Cycle

Astronomers Find Neptune's Disappearing Clouds Linked to Solar Cycle

TEHRAN (ANA)- Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories have uncovered a link between Neptune's disappearing clouds and the Sun's 11-year solar cycle.
Astronomers Discover Superheated Exoplanet with Record-Breaking Temperature Disparity

Astronomers Discover Superheated Exoplanet with Record-Breaking Temperature Disparity

TEHRAN (ANA)- An international team of astronomers led by the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) has discovered a hot Jupiter with an extreme temperature difference between its two sides.
Quake on Mars Showed Its Crust Is Thicker than Earth’s

Quake on Mars Showed Its Crust Is Thicker than Earth’s

TEHRAN (ANA)- Planetary scientists at the ETH Zurich now know how thick the Martian crust is, thanks to the strongest Marsquake ever observed.
Cyclone Spotted Swirling over Uranus’ North Pole for First Time

Cyclone Spotted Swirling over Uranus’ North Pole for First Time

TEHRAN (ANA)- A polar cyclone has been spotted at the Uranus’ north pole, researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, reported.
Star Cluster in Milky Way Appears to Be as Old as Universe

Star Cluster in Milky Way Appears to Be as Old as Universe

TEHRAN (ANA)- Star cluster M92, a densely packed ball of stars roughly 27,000 light-years from Earth, is about 13.8 billion years old, scientists at the University of Texas found.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Spots Hazy Galaxy with Surprising Features

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Spots Hazy Galaxy with Surprising Features

TEHRAN (ANA)- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a galaxy about 50 million light-years away that holds some surprises, the agency said.
Confirmed: Atmospheric Helium Levels Rising

Confirmed: Atmospheric Helium Levels Rising

TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at the University of California used an unprecedented technique to detect that levels of helium are rising in the atmosphere, resolving an issue that has lingered among atmospheric chemists for decades.
Saturn’s Icy Rings Probably Heating Its Atmosphere, Giving Ultraviolet Glow

Saturn’s Icy Rings Probably Heating Its Atmosphere, Giving Ultraviolet Glow

TEHRAN (ANA)- The rings that make Saturn such a spectacle are probably heating its atmosphere and making it glow at ultraviolet wavelengths, Harvard University researchers found.
Satellite Data Reveal Nearly 20,000 Previously Unknown Deep-Sea Mountains

Satellite Data Reveal Nearly 20,000 Previously Unknown Deep-Sea Mountains

TEHRAN (ANA)- The number of known mountains in Earth’s oceans has roughly doubled and global satellite observations have revealed nearly 20,000 previously unknown seamounts, scientists at the University of California said.
Researchers Discover Tiny Galaxy with Big Star Power

Researchers Discover Tiny Galaxy with Big Star Power

TEHRAN (ANA)- Using first-of-their-kind observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, a University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team looked more than 13 billion years into the past to discover a unique, minuscule galaxy that generated new stars at an extremely high rate for its size.
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