We’ve spotted auroras on Neptune for the first time

Green blotches show where auroras light up Neptune’s skies NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin (Northumbria University), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Stefanie Milam (NASA-GSFC) For the first time, researchers have spotted infrared auroras swirling in Neptune’s atmosphere, verifying decades of scientific speculation. When NASA’s Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune in…

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Nasa astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Greg Brosnan BBC Science Watch: Astronauts return to Earth after extended stay in Space After nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth. Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth’s atmosphere, before four parachutes opened to…

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Brussels split over state aid for clean tech production

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Commission’s powerful competition directorate is blocking a push that would allow governments to subsidise the production costs of clean energy technologies, flaring tensions between EU officials enforcing state-aid rules and those working on…

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