Gravitational lensing provides an opportunity to see supernovae and other transients much farther than we normally can. A new research proposal outlines a plan to use a comprehensive catalog of strong gravitational lenses ...
Astronomy
May 10, 2022
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Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have used computer modeling to show how a hypothesized type of supernova would evolve on the scale of thousands of years, giving researchers a way to look for examples ...
Astronomy
May 6, 2022
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A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called "flood basalt eruptions" might significantly warm Earth's climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields life from the sun's ultraviolet ...
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2022
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New analysis into the residue inside ancient ceramic vessels from 11th–12th century Jerusalem has found that they were potentially used as hand grenades.
Archaeology
Apr 26, 2022
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On 15 January, the eruption of a submarine volcano in the Tonga archipelago destroyed 90% of the uninhabited island of Hunga Tonga Ha'apai and formed an ash plume half the size of France. It also generated an atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2022
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A team of astronomers, with the help of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), have observed a new type of stellar explosion—a micronova. These outbursts happen on the surface of certain stars, ...
Astronomy
Apr 20, 2022
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A team of researchers from the Beijing Institute of Technology and the China Academy of Engineering Physics has developed a way to synthesize 1,3,5-trinitro-2,4,6-trinitroaminobenzene (TNTNB), marking a new energy peak for ...
The inner nebula of the much-studied supernova Cassiopeia A is not moving smoothly outward. This has been discovered by astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard. The astronomers suspect that the remains have ...
Astronomy
Mar 28, 2022
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Oxygen levels in the atmosphere during the mid-Proterozoic—about 1.4 billion years ago—were higher than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers who looked at oxygen combined with sulfur to ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2022
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The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China, new research suggests.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 23, 2022
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