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A new study has found that “diamond rain,” a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be more common than previously thought.

In an earlier experiment, researchers mimicked the extreme temperatures and pressures found deep inside ice giants Neptune and Uranus and, for the first time, observed diamond rain as it formed.

Investigating this process in a new material that more closely resembles the chemical makeup of Neptune and Uranus, scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and their colleagues discovered that the presence of oxygen makes diamond formation more likely, allowing them to form and grow at a wider range of conditions and throughout more planets.

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Future lunar missions will be able to find acceptable spots thanks to the knowledge they have gained about the region’s physical properties.

This user-processed NIRCam image of a glittering star field shows that Reddit is the gift that keeps on giving for Webb Space Telescope fans.

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Experts said on Monday that this experiment could provide important information about how astronauts can grow food to support extended space journeys, according to China Daily.

Little is known about the specifications of the project, but it is edging closer.

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The study was published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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That sentence belongs in a sci-fi movie, but it also belongs right here in real life.

Exoplanets are rarely seen in images.

In a first for the James Webb Telescope, astronomers from the joint NASA/ESA/CSA cooperative used the space-based telescope to bring back images of an exoplanet. Exoplanets are planets orbiting other suns than our own, helping us to understand if we are unique in the universe or if other Earth-like planets exist.

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James Webb Space Telescope’s first exoplanet image could tell us a lot about our own Solar System.

NASA just released the James Webb Space Telescope’s first infrared images of an exoplanet, and it could shed light on how solar systems evolve.