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This image of the solar corona is a color overlay of the emission from highly ionized iron lines, with white light images added below. Different colors provide unique information about the temperature and composition of solar material in the corona. Credits: S. Habbal/M. Druckm?ller/Nasa https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/fe_xi_fe_xiv_wl-hr_mitchell_achf.png

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Why the next solar eclipses are a unique chance to understand the sun

North America will see an annular solar eclipse on 14 October and a total eclipse in April 2024. 51��s are preparing to use these spectacles to study our star's mysterious corona

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W3TAKD Marijuana effects on the brain and cannabis mood altering chemicals or psychology and drugs concept in a 3D illustration style.

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How we get high: Unlocking the secrets of the endocannabinoid system

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OSIRIS-REx is about to fling samples of the asteroid Bennu at Earth

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Europa (foreground), with Jupiter (right) and Io (middle)

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Europa’s underground ocean seems to have the carbon necessary for life

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Artist's concept of Makemake

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Eris and Makemake might be hiding unexpected oceans of liquid water

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Vaccine that erases immune memory may help treat multiple sclerosis

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Key immune cells may help protect against inflammatory bowel disease

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Could we tweak the solar system to make Pluto a planet again?

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Flowers in a prairie field with mountains in the background

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Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies?

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Juice launch 14/04/2023 ESA?s latest interplanetary mission, Juice, lifted off on an?Ariane 5 rocket?from?Europe?s Spaceport?in French 09:14 local time/14:14CEST on 14 April 2023 to begin its eight-year journey to Jupiter, where it will study in detail the gas giant planet?s three large ocean-bearing moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Juice ? Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ??is humankind?s next bold mission to the outer Solar System. This ambitious mission will?characterise Ganymede, Callisto and Europa with a powerful suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments to discover more about these compelling destinations as potential habitats for past or present life. Juice will monitor Jupiter?s complex magnetic, radiation and plasma environment in depth and its interplay with the moons, studying the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giant systems across the Universe. Following launch, Juice will embark on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, arriving in July 2031 with the aid of momentum and direction gained from four gravity-assist fly-bys of the Earth-Moon system, Venus and, twice, Earth. Flight VA260 is the final Ariane 5 flight to carry an ESA mission to space.

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How the JUICE mission will look for habitability on Jupiter's moons

ESA’s JUICE mission will help us better understand whether Jupiter’s icy moons are habitable. But we need to be open to their unexpected secrets, says principal investigator Michele Dougherty

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Solar wind that blasts from sun may be driven by tiny plasma flares

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Mysterious dark spot on Neptune seen from Earth for the first time

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All of Neptune’s clouds have vanished – it may be because of the sun

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The renewable energy revolution is happening faster than you think

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