News tagged with cloud formation
Water around massive young stars
Water is critical to human life, but also plays an important role in the life of stars and their planetary systems. As a gas, water helps to cool collapsing clouds of interstellar material so that they can ...
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'Archeologists of the air' isolate pristine aerosol particles in the Amazon
Environmental engineers who might better be called "archeologists of the air" have, for the first time, isolated aerosol particles in near pristine pre-industrial conditions.
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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New Herbig-Haro jets in Orion
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) has obtained some of the deepest and highest resolution images ever taken of the large star-forming molecular cloud Lynds ...
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Tiny marine microbes exert influence on global climate (w/ Video)
New research indicates that the interactions of microscopic organisms around a particular organic material may alter the chemical properties of the ocean and ultimately influence global climate by affecting ...
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Jul 15, 2010 |
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Hubble captures bubbles and baby stars (w/ Video)
A spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image — one of the largest ever released of a star-forming region — highlights N11, part of a complex network of gas clouds and star clusters within our neighbouring ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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The secret life of water at very low temperatures
The secret life of water just got weirder. For years water has been known to exist in 15 phases -- not just the merry threesome of solid, liquid and gas from grade school science. Now, University of Utah chemists ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Aircraft cause precipitation, hole-punch clouds
As turboprop and jet aircraft climb or descend under certain atmospheric conditions, they can inadvertently seed mid-level clouds and cause narrow bands of snow or rain to develop and fall to the ground, new ...
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Jun 14, 2010 |
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Astronomers Discover Clue to Origin of Milky Way Gas Clouds
A surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred locations has given astronomers a key clue about the origin of such clouds, which play an ...
May 26, 2010 |
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The Most Luminous Stellar Nurseries in the Universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although many of the details about star formation are vigorously debated, the general principles are reasonably well understood.
Apr 16, 2010 |
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The Light and Dark Face of a Star-Forming Nebula
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, ESO is unveiling an image of the little known Gum 19, a faint nebula that, in the infrared, appears dark on one half and bright on the other. On one side hot hydrogen gas is illuminated ...
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Tropical storm Omais weakens and doubles in size
Tropical storm Omais has run into wind shear in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, but as it has weakened overnight it has also doubled in size. NASA's Aqua satellite has captured both infrared and visible images ...
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Mar 25, 2010 |
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Flaring Young Stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- The constellation of Vela (visible only from the southern hemisphere) contains a set of giant clouds of gas and dust known collectively as the Vela Molecular complex.
Jan 04, 2010 |
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'Particle soup' discovery will improve climate predictions
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from scientists at The University of Manchester is set to improve predictions about climate and air quality - and make life easier for those suffering from respiratory problems.
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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New approach to emissions makes climate and air quality models more accurate, major study finds
It's no secret that the emissions leaving a car tailpipe or factory smokestack affect climate and air quality. Even trees release chemicals that influence the atmosphere. But until now, scientists have struggled to know where ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Close-up movie shows hidden details in the birth of super-suns (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The constellation of Orion is a hotbed of massive star formation, most prominently in the Great Nebula that sits in Orion's sword. The glowing gas of the Nebula is powered by a group of young ...
Nov 16, 2009 |
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