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New Discoveries in Solar System
Recent discoveries of numerous new moons in the outer solar system are reshaping our understanding of its violent past and the origin of Saturn's rings. Meanwhile, climate models predict severe damage to the ozone layer from a hypothetical nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
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New Scientist
Climate models suggest a small nuclear war in the tropics would do even more damage to the ozone layer than a larger nuclear war in more northerly latitudes, increasing exposure to dangerous ultraviolet radiation all over the world
2026-06-10 14:28 UTC
New Scientist
The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with unruly orbits are coming into view, revealing hints of a surprising past – and the origin of Saturn's rings
2026-06-10 16:00 UTC