Halley's comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year including the Eta Aquarids.
Space Exploration
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A new study published in Nature Communications shows, for the first time, how heat moves—or rather, doesn't—between materials in a high-energy-density plasma state.
Plasma Physics
May 2, 2025
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Two life scientists at Gyeongsang National University and a geneticist from the National Institutes of Health, in the U.S. have identified the canine genetic footprint that makes dogs natural herders. In their study published ...
Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes.
Astronomy
May 2, 2025
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Microorganisms—defined as very small living beings, invisible to the naked eye, comprising bacteria, fungi, viruses or others—naturally compete and cooperate in nature for survival. What does the "environmental stress" to ...
Evolution
May 2, 2025
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Frequent heat and drought events in southwestern Europe are reducing ecosystems' capacity to absorb CO₂, according to a recent study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de ...
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2025
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Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed an LGBTQ Student Support Index, a 47-item list of practices recommended for universities to support sexual and gender minority students. Within the context of a nationwide ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2025
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Launched on March 11, NASA's SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities to ensure it is working as it should. Now it's mapping the entire sky—not just a ...
Astronomy
May 2, 2025
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Researchers from several University of California campuses have collaborated to create a report on dust in California, a characteristic that defines the desert climate zone that encompasses most of the state.
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2025
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Urea, with the formula CO(NH2)2, is a chemical compound that is widely used in a range of sectors, including manufacturing, agriculture and various industries. Conventionally, this compound is produced via a two-step process ...
