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Astronomy & Observing News

A Comet Goes to the Swift

NASA's Swift spacecraft reveals new aspects of Comet Lulin when viewing it in X-rays and the ultraviolet.

Solar System

From Venus to Gaia… and back down to Earth

One of the many big differences between Earth and Venus that could have a bearing on habitability is the absence of a strong magnetic field on Venus. So is it just dumb luck that we have a magnetic field and Venus doesn’t? Or is something deeper going on here?

Astronomy & Observing News

One Dozen Deceptions

Are the fundamental parameters of our universe are mere coincidences or the products of deep natural laws?

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