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Scientists find hydrogen sulfide outside our solar system for the first time on a planet with glass rain | CNN

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Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University An illustration shows exoplanet HD 189733b, a gas giant 64 light-years away. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — A Jupiter-sized exoplanet has long intrigued astronomers for its scorching temperatures, howling winds, and sideways rain … Read more

Rare ‘polar rain’ aurora spotted from Earth for the first time

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a person stands in the center of the image and looks up to a green band of light in the sky.

A remarkably smooth and confusing Christmas day Aurora The 2022 Arctic meteorological observation was the result of a ‘rain storm’ of electrons directly from the sunsay researchers from Japan and the US. It is the first time that a rare aurora of this kind has been observed from the ground, and it happened at a … Read more

World’s oldest crystals reveal Earth had rain and oceans 4 billion years ago

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The world’s oldest crystals show evidence of exposure to both fresh and salt water during their formation, a new study reports. This indicates that the very early Earth had both oceans and land on which rainwater could collect. Although it is hell in many ways, it indicates a planet much more similar to the one … Read more