A rare temperature-sensitive molecule usually found in stars has been discovered in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, a marshmallow-like hot Jupiter called WASP-31b.
The Canadian Space Agency's Scisat is a valuable hunter of climate change evidence, producing big-name publications in Nature and Science recently despite its advanced age.
A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.