From protecting biodiversity to ensuring the safety of drinking water, the biochemical makeup of rivers and streams around the United States is critical for human and environmental welfare. Studies have found that human activity ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2023
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Researchers are working on sustainable technology to harvest solar power in space—which could supplement life support systems on the moon and Mars.
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2023
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New models of how the geomagnetic field that shields the Earth's atmosphere from cosmic rays has changed over tens of thousands of years can help us understand how the climate has changed over a similar timescale.
Planetary Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak, jumping at one of the fastest rates on record, officials ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2023
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With technology increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, it is becoming more important to understand space weather and its impacts on tech.
Earth Sciences
May 30, 2023
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A University of Michigan astronomer and his team are suggesting a new way to expand the search for habitable planets that takes into account a zone not previously considered: the space between the star and what's called soot ...
Space Exploration
May 25, 2023
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ESA's wind mission, Aeolus, will soon be lowered in orbit leading to its fiery reentry and burn-up through Earth's atmosphere. ESA's efforts to ensure a safe return go well beyond international standards and place the agency ...
Space Exploration
May 8, 2023
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If we ever find life on other worlds, it is unlikely to be a powerful message from space. It's certainly possible that an alien civilization specifically sends us a radio message like a scene out of Contact, but the more ...
Astrobiology
May 4, 2023
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The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them ...
Astronomy
Apr 26, 2023
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An old NASA satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency reported Thursday.
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2023
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